# US 7,744,417 B2 · Aircraft wiring installation > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,744,417 B2 - Document ID: US7744417B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 12/293,461 - Filed: 2007-03-21 - Published: 2009-08-20 - Granted: 2010-06-29 - Earliest claimed: 2006-05-04 - Assignees: Airbus Operations GmbH - Inventors: Stephen Williams - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7744417B2 ## CPC - H01R 13/73: Means for mounting coupling parts to apparatus or structures, e.g. to a wall - H02G 3/22: Installations of cables or lines through walls, floors or ceilings, e.g. into buildings - H01R 13/533: Bases, cases made for use in extreme conditions, e.g. high temperature, radiation, vibration, corrosive environment, pressure (H01R13/52 takes precedence) - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS - H02G: INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES ## Abstract An aircraft wiring installation connecting a set of fuel side wires in an aircraft fuel tank to a set of airside wires outside the fuel tank, the installation comprising: a connector box having a fuel side wall (22) and an airside wall (21); one or more connectors (40, 43) carried by the fuel side wall (22) which connect the fuel side wires to the airside wires; a fairing (6) partially covering the airside wall (21); and one or more holes (30) in the airside wall through which the airside wires pass from the connector box into the fairing (6). ## Claims ### Claim 1 An aircraft wiring installation connecting a set of fuel side wires in an aircraft fuel tank to a set of airside wires outside the fuel tank, the installation comprising: a connector box having a fuel side wall and an airside wall; one or more connectors carried by the fuel side wall which connect the fuel side wires to the airside wires; a fairing partially covering the airside wall; and one or more holes in the airside wall through which the airside wires pass from the connector box into the fairing. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The installation of claim 1 wherein the connector box is removably fitted in a wall of the aircraft fuel tank. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The installation of claim 2 wherein the connector box is a manhole and the airside wall has a minimum width which is greater than 200 mm. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The installation of claim 2 wherein the connector box is a manhole and the airside wall has a maximum width which is greater than 400 mm. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The installation of claim 1 wherein the fuel side wall of the connector box is detachably fitted to the rest of the connector box. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The installation of claim 1 wherein the fairing is a flap fairing. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The installation of claim 1 wherein the fuel side wires are connected to strain gauges in the fuel tank. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The installation of claim 1 wherein each connector connects the fuel side wires to the airside wires by a plug and socket fitting. ### Claim 9 A method of connecting a set of fuel side wires in an aircraft fuel tank to a set of airside wires outside the fuel tank, the method comprising: fitting a connector box to a hole in the fuel tank, the connector box having a fuel side wall and an airside wall; connecting the airside wires to the fuel side wires using one or more connectors; fitting the connector(s) to the fuel side wall of the connector box; passing the airside wires through one or more holes in the airside wall of the connector box.; and fitting a failing which covers the hole(s) and the airside wires and partially covers the airside wall of the connector box. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9 further comprising fitting the fuel side wall to the rest of the connector box after connecting the airside wires to the fuel side wires and after fitting the connector(s) to the fuel side wall of the connector box. ### Claim 11 A connector box for connecting a set of fuel side wires in an aircraft fuel tank to a set of airside wires outside the fuel tank, the connector box having a first wall and a second wall; one or more connectors carried by the first wall for connecting the fuel side wires to the airside wires; and one or more holes in the second wall through which the airside wires can pass from the connector box into a fairing. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The connector box of claim 11 wherein the second wall has a minimum width which is greater than 200 mm. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The connector box of claim 11 wherein the second wall has a maximum width which is greater than 400 mm. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The connector box of claim 11 wherein the first wall is detachably fitted to the rest of the connector box.