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US 9,315,276 B2Granted
Outer fuel tank access cover, wing and aircraft description
AssigneeAirbus Operations S.L.
InventorMarcos Alazraki
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Abstract
An outer fuel access tank cover (FTAC) of an aircraft, a wing including such outer FTAC of an aircraft, and an aircraft are disclosed. The outer FTAC of an aircraft is related to designing auxiliary pieces in the wing of aircrafts to control the risk of gases from an explosion occurred in the FTAC entering the fuel tank.
Claims13
An outer fuel tank access cover (outer FTAC) of an aircraft configured to cover an outer opening of a void area of a manhole for accessing an interior of a wing of an aircraft wherein the interior of the wing comprises a fuel tank, the outer FTAC comprising:
- an explosion gases relief for letting explosion gases escape from the void area to an atmosphere and comprising an open vent such that the void area of the manhole is in communication with an outer part of the outer FTAC.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.