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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2019
Applicant:
Airbus Operations Sas, Toulouse, FR;
Inventors:
Gerard Millet, Pibrac, FR;
Bruno Alquier, Blagnac, FR;
Assignee:
AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS, Toulouse, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/14 (2006.01); F16L 11/12 (2006.01); F16L 41/00 (2006.01); F16L 57/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/1453 (2013.01); F16L 11/12 (2013.01); F16L 41/001 (2013.01); F16L 57/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A drain configured to evacuate leaks of fluid, such as fuel, from a leak collecting system of an aircraft, the drain comprising a rigid tube secured to a plate, the plate being configured to be attached to an external wall of the aircraft, a flexible pipe configured to join the collecting system to the rigid tube, one end of the flexible pipe being received within the rigid tube. The rigid tube comprises a channel, the channel being configured to allow separation of the rigid tube from the plate at the location of the channel.