Airbus Operations Gmbh

Michael Poad

Henry Edwards

Dylan Benedict James

Amir Kayani

Angus Morgan

Christopher Slack

Justine McCarthy

Nicholas Morton

Richard Burness

Christopher John Slack

An aircraft fuel tank system including a fuel tank compartment for containing liquid fuel and having a float-activated valve arranged to become positively buoyant when immersed in liquid fuel so that the float moves up to a raised position which causes the valve to close and prevent liquid fuel from flowing out of the fuel tank compartment through the valve. The float is also arranged to move down to a lowered position in response to a level of the liquid fuel in the fuel tank compartment dropping, the movement of the float to the lowered position causing the valve to open and permit liquid fuel to flow out of the fuel tank compartment through the valve. A pressure-activated valve may be used as an alternative to the float-activated valve.

Aircraft fuel system

A method of manufacturing in which a robot arm is used to pick up a workpiece which is subsequently scanned by a scanner and positioned relative to a manufacturing system for manufacturing in order to eliminate the use of a bespoke jig.

Aircraft component manufacturing method and apparatus

Growing community of inventors

Bristol, United Kingdom

Michael Poad