Connection arrangement to connect two flexible tanks of an aircraft
AssigneeEurocopter Deutschland GmbH
InventorsEleftherios Rodousakis, Harald Kiowsky
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Abstract
A connection arrangement for detachably connecting a first flexible tank and a second flexible tank in an aircraft includes a latching device, a first tubular connecting element attached to the first tank, and a second tubular connecting element attached to the second tank. The first and the second connecting elements are detachably connected to each other using the latching device. In a connected state of the connecting elements, fluid exchange can take place between the first and the second tanks via the first and the second connecting elements, the latching device is disposed inside one of the first and second flexible tanks and is actuatable from outside the respective flexible tank.
Claims14
A connection arrangement for detachably connecting a first flexible tank and a second flexible tank of an aircraft, comprising:
- a latching device;
- a first tubular connecting element attached to the first flexible tank;
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- a second tubular connecting element attached to the second flexible tank, the first and the second connecting elements being detachably connected to each other using the latching device, wherein the latching device is disposed radially inside of the first tubular connecting element,
- wherein, in a connected state of the connecting elements, the first and the second tanks are in fluid communication with each other via the first and the second connecting elements, the first tubular connecting element projects into an inside of the second flexible tank, and the latching device is disposed inside one of the first and second flexible tanks so as to be actuatable from outside the respective flexible tank through said respective flexible tank without opening said respective flexible tank.
A connection arrangement for detachably connecting a first flexible tank and a second flexible tank of an aircraft, comprising:
- a latching device;
- a first tubular connecting element defining a first axis, having a first mating wall parallel to the first axis and being attached to the frist flexible tank;
- a second tubular connecting element defining a second axis, having a second mating wall parallel to the second axis, and being attached to the second flexible tank, one of the first and the second tubular connecting elements such that sliding contact occurs between the first and second mating walls and being detachably connected to the other of the first and second tubular connecting elements by the latching device;
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- wherein, in a connected state of the connecting elements, the first and the second tanks are in fluid communication with each other via the first and the second tubular connecting elements and the latching device is disposed inside one of the first and second flexible tanks so as to be actuable from outside the respective flexible tank through said respective flexible tank without opening said respective flexible tank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.