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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2017
Applicant:
Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J 15/16 (2006.01); B64C 9/02 (2006.01); B64C 7/00 (2006.01); B64C 9/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J 15/164 (2013.01); B64C 7/00 (2013.01); B64C 9/02 (2013.01); B64C 9/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
An aircraft assembly may have a drag-inducing discontinuity. A seal assemblyincludes a seal bodyarranged to fair and/or seal the discontinuity; and a sealed chamber, wherein the sealed chamberbeing pressurised such that in response to changes in the ambient pressure relative to the internal pressure of the chamberthe sealed chamberalters the behaviour of the seal body