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US 7,921,694 B2Granted
Leak detector and detection method using radiation transmitted through a fluid line
AssigneeAirbus Deutschland GmbH
InventorHeiko Bühring
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Abstract
A leak detector for detecting a leak in a line includes a transmitting device for generating radiation to be coupled into the line. By a receiving device, radiation that has emerged from the line through a leak is received, as a result of which the leak becomes detectable.
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A leak detector for detecting a leak in a line, wherein the line is routed through structural components of a cell structure of an aircraft, the leak detector comprising:
- a transmitting device for generating radiation to be coupled into the line;
- a receiving device for receiving radiation that has emerged from the line through a leak so that the leak becomes detectable;
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- a jacket element for encasing the line;
- wherein the receiving device for receiving the radiation is arranged on a structural part of the cell structure;
- wherein the receiving device is arranged in the jacket element.
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A method for detecting a leak in a line, wherein the method comprises:
- generating radiation;
- coupling the radiation into the line;
- receiving the radiation that has emerged through the leak;
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- detecting the leak on the basis of radiation that has emerged through the leak with a receiving device that is arranged in a jacket element encasing the line.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.