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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2018
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
John Charles Walters, Glen Mills, PA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/14 (2006.01); A62C 3/08 (2006.01); A62C 2/06 (2006.01); B64C 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/1453 (2013.01); A62C 2/06 (2013.01); A62C 3/08 (2013.01); B64C 3/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A drain grommet with integrated fire shield. In one embodiment, the drain grommet includes a drain tube configured to extend through a drain, and to pass fluid through the drain via an opening into a hollow channel of the drain tube. The drain grommet further includes a fire shield integrally coupled with the drain tube via a standoff, wherein the standoff supports the fire shield at a vertical distance above the opening of the drain tube, and wherein the fire shield is larger than the opening of the drain tube in a horizontal plane.