Aircraft fluid transport line repair kit and method of use thereof
OwnerRobert Cortezinventor
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Abstract
A repair kit for use in repairing hydraulic lines, such as are found on aircraft, is described along with a method of utilizing the repair kit to repair hydraulic lines in aircraft. The kit in its most basic form comprises one or more series of rigid hydraulic line tubing sections. Each series comprises a plurality of tubing sections bent to a variety of different angles. To repair a leaking or damaged line, the repair technician removed the damaged section. If the damaged section includes a bend therein, the technician selects a repair tubing section having a similar bend. The repair section is appropriately sized and secured into place to complete the repair.
Claims17
A kit for repairing aircraft hydraulic lines, the kit comprises:
- one or more series of rigid hydraulic line tubing sections, each series includes a plurality of tubing sections bent to a variety of different bend angles between 5 degrees to 90 degrees, each tubing section within a series being comprised of a same aviation standard approved material and having a same diameter as other tubing sections within the series;
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- a plurality of aviation standard fittings, each fitting being configured to couple with a tubing section from at least one of the one or more series;
- wherein a difference in the bend angle of each tubing section in a series of the one or more series differs from the angle of at least one other tubing section in the series by about five degrees.
A method of repairing a damaged rigid hydraulic line, the method comprising:
- identifying damage or a leak in the hydraulic line;
- removing a portion of the hydraulic line including the leak and/or damage by cutting it out of the remainder of the hydraulic line, the portion including a single bend;
- measuring an angle of the single bend and dimensions of the portion;
- selecting a tubing section matching the diameter of the hydraulic line from a repair kit, the tubing section having a bend angle similar to the angle of the single bend, the repair kit including one or more series of rigid hydraulic line tubing sections, each series includes a plurality of tubing sections bent to a variety of different angles between about 5 degrees to about 90 degrees, each tubing section within a series being comprised of the same material and having the same diameter as other tubing sections within the series;
- cutting the tubing section to match the dimensions of the portion;
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- installing the tubing section into the remainder of the hydraulic line wherein said installing the tubing section comprises connecting the tubing section to the remainder of the hydraulic line using aviation standard fittings.
A method of repairing a damaged rigid hydraulic line, the method comprising:
- identifying damage or a leak in the hydraulic line;
- removing a portion of the hydraulic line including the leak and/or damage by cutting it out of the remainder of the hydraulic line, the portion including a single bend;
- measuring an angle of the single bend and dimensions of the portion;
- selecting a tubing section matching the diameter of the hydraulic line from are air kit the tubing section having a bend angle similar to the angle of the single bend, the repair kit including one or more series of rigid hydraulic line tubing sections, each series includes a plurality of tubing sections bent to a variety of different angles between about 5 degrees to about 90 degrees, each tubing section within a series being comprised of the same material and having the same diameter as other tubing sections within the series;
- cutting the tubing section to match the dimensions of the portion;
- and
- installing the tubing section into the remainder of the hydraulic line;
- wherein the damaged rigid hydraulic line is located in an aircraft.
The repair kit for use in repairing damaged fluid transport lines in aircraft, the kit comprising:
- a transportable case to house the remainder of the kit;
- one or more series of rigid hydraulic line tubing sections, each series includes a plurality of tubing sections bent to a variety of different angles between about 5 degrees to about 90 degrees in angular increments of about 5 degrees, the series also including one or more straight unbent tubing sections, each tubing section within a series being comprised of the same material and having the same diameter as other tubing sections within the series;
- a plurality of fittings sized in relation to the tubing sections of the one or more series;
- an angle measuring device for measuring the angle of a bend in the fluid transport lines;
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- one or more flexible tubing sections.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.