# US 9,751,633 B2 · Aircraft safety device

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- Number: US 9,751,633 B2
- Document ID: US9751633B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/613,575
- Filed: 2015-02-04
- Published: 2015-08-20
- Granted: 2017-09-05
- Earliest claimed: 2014-02-19
- Assignees: Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation
- Applicants: Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation
- Inventors: Yuta Takahashi; Tsuyoshi Kitamura; Tsutomu Kawamizu; Shingo Kawano; Ushio Komoda
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9751633B2

## CPC

- B64D 37/32: Safety measures not otherwise provided for, e.g. preventing explosive conditions
- B64D: EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT

## Abstract

The present invention provides an aircraft safety device which can reliably prevent explosion of a fuel tank even if an inflammable gas is ignited. A safety device for explosion-proofing a fuel tank which stores fuel of an aircraft includes: a flame propagation blocking part which blocks propagation of a flame from the outside to the inside of the fuel tank through a ventilation passage which allows ventilation between the inside and the outside of the fuel tank; and a gas supply suppressing part which, when heated by the heat of the flame, suppresses supply of an inflammable gas containing the fuel gas to the flame through the ventilation passage.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An aircraft safety device for explosion-proofing a fuel tank which stores fuel of an aircraft, the fuel tank comprising a ventilation passage that permits ventilation between an inside of the fuel tank and an outside of the fuel tank, the aircraft safety device comprising:
a flame propagation blocking part which blocks propagation of a flame from the outside of the fuel tank to the inside of the fuel tank through the ventilation passage; and
a gas supply suppressing part which, suppresses a supply of an inflammable gas containing gas of the fuel to the flame through the ventilation passage when the gas supply suppressing part is heated by the flame,
wherein the gas supply suppressing part comprises:
a support which constitutes part of the ventilation passage; and
a thermal expansion part which is provided on the inner periphery of the support and is configured to expand when heated by the flame.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The aircraft safety device according to claim 1, wherein the gas supply suppressing part is positioned closer to the outside of the fuel tank than the flame propagation blocking part.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The aircraft safety device according to claim 1, wherein the aircraft safety device is provided in the ventilation passage.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The aircraft safety device according to claim 1, wherein the flame propagation blocking part is incorporated in the ventilation passage.

### Claim 5

An aircraft safety device for explosion-proofing a fuel tank which stores fuel of an aircraft, comprising:
a flame propagation blocking part which blocks propagation of a flame from the outside to the inside of the fuel tank through a ventilation passage which allows ventilation between the inside and the outside of the fuel tank; and
a gas supply suppressing part which, when heated by the heat of the flame, suppresses supply of an inflammable gas containing gas of the fuel to the flame through the ventilation passage,
wherein the gas supply suppressing part comprises:
a support which constitutes part of the ventilation passage, and a thermal expansion part which is provided on the inner periphery of the support and expands when heated by the flame.