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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2018
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Tony Di Carlo, Long Beach, CA (US);
Brian T. Vaniman, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
John P. Leuer, Newport Beach, CA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A conduit for transporting a fluid comprises a first collar, a second collar, and a bellows. The bellows comprises a corrugated inboard ply, a corrugated outboard ply, and an interstitial space, interposed between the corrugated inboard ply and the corrugated outboard ply. The conduit additionally comprises a first weld, hermetically coupling the corrugated inboard ply and a first outer collar portion, a second weld, hermetically coupling the corrugated outboard ply and a first inner collar portion, a third weld, hermetically coupling the corrugated inboard ply and a second outer collar portion, a fourth weld, hermetically coupling the corrugated outboard ply and a second inner collar portion, and a first sensor, communicatively coupled with the interstitial space.