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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2019
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Andrew M. Robb, Seattle, WA (US);
John Everett Groat, Snohomish, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02G 5/00 (2006.01); B64D 37/02 (2006.01); G01F 23/263 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 37/02 (2013.01); G01F 23/266 (2013.01); G01F 23/268 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for power and data communications within a fuel tank and across a wall of the fuel tank includes a fuel height sensor and a sealed connector extending through a wall of a fuel tank. The system also includes an electric power connection between the fuel height sensor and the sealed connector. The system additionally includes an internal data communications connection between the fuel height sensor and the sealed connector, wherein the electric power connection comprises a resistive non-metallic wire.