Fuel barrier
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsThomas A. Koehler, Richard Bruce Tanner
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an apparatus, method, and system for managing deflections comprising a fuel dam, a first portion of the fuel dam connected with a stringer, a second portion of the fuel dam connected with the first portion, and a third portion of the fuel dam. The second portion is more flexible than the first portion. The third portion is connected with the second portion, and connected with a rib. The second portion accommodates deflection between the stringer and the rib.
Claims20
A fuel dam, comprising:
- a seal dam member;
- a first portion of the seal dam member connected with a first body;
- a second portion of the seal dam member connected with the first portion, wherein the second portion is more flexible than the first portion;
- a third portion of the seal dam member, wherein the third portion is connected with the second portion and connected with a second body, wherein the second portion bends to accommodate deflection between the first body and the second body;
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- wherein the first body comprises a first stiffener member and the second body comprises a second stiffener member.
A method for managing deflection of a fuel dam between two bodies, the method comprising:
- connecting a first portion of a seal dam member to a first body;
- connecting a third portion of the seal dam member to a second body;
- connecting the first portion and the third portion with a second portion of the seal dam member to accommodate deflections by bending between the first body and the second body;
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- wherein the first body comprises a first stiffener member and the second body comprises a second stiffener member.
A system for managing deflections of a fuel dam, the system comprising:
- a structure comprising a first body and a second body;
- a first portion of a seal dam member connected with the first body;
- a second portion of the seal dam member connected with the first portion, wherein the second portion is more flexible than the first portion;
- a third portion of the seal dam member, wherein the third portion is connected with the second portion and connected with the second body, wherein the second portion accommodates deflection between the first body and the second body;
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- wherein the first body comprises a first stiffener member and the second body comprises a second stiffener member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.