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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10293952 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 08, 2016

Pipe installation

Applicant:

Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;

Inventors:

Dylan James, Bristol, GB;

Alan Pout, Bristol, GB;

Assignee:

Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Greg Binda

Assistant Examiner:

Zachary T Dragicevich

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 37/32 (2006.01); F16L 25/01 (2006.01); B64D 37/00 (2006.01); B64D 45/02 (2006.01); B64D 37/04 (2006.01); B64D 37/06 (2006.01); F16L 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 37/32 (2013.01); B64D 37/005 (2013.01); B64D 37/04 (2013.01); B64D 37/06 (2013.01); B64D 45/02 (2013.01); F16L 21/02 (2013.01); F16L 25/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

A pipe installation including conductive first and second pipes installed in a fuel tank; and a fitting which connects the first and second pipes and enables fluid to flow through the pipes via a conduit in the fitting. The fitting is attached to the first or second pipe by a flexible joint which permits relative movement between the fitting and the first or second pipe. The fitting is attached to a structure of the fuel tank. The fitting provides a path of least electrical resistance between the first or second pipe and the structure, and the path of least electrical resistance has a resistance between 50Ω and 100MΩ.

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