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US 2026/0287209 A1Published application
Water supply unit and aircraft having a water supply unit
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsChristian STOLLE, Daniel TORRES, Fabian SITTE
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Abstract
A water supply unit for an aircraft, and an aircraft including such a water supply unit. The water supply unit combines a heating device with valves to provide water of a controlled temperature. The valves may be a solenoid valve, or a motorized valve having an electric motor configured to move the valve from the closed position to an open position and any opening degree therebetween, or a hydraulically controlled valve, or a pneumatically controlled valve.
Claims12
A water supply unit for an aircraft, comprising:
- a cold water inlet;
- a heating device connected to the cold water inlet and configured to heat a predefined amount of water;
- a warm water outlet configured to discharge warm water from the heating device;
- a mixed water outlet;
- a first valve disposed between the warm water outlet and the mixed water outlet;
- a second valve disposed between the cold water inlet and the mixed water outlet;
- and
- a controller configured to control the first valve and the second valve to supply water of a controlled temperature to the mixed water outlet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.