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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2022
Applicant:
Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, Bristol, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/34 (2006.01); B64C 3/18 (2006.01); B64C 7/00 (2006.01); F16J 15/06 (2006.01); F16J 15/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/34 (2013.01); B64C 3/182 (2013.01); B64C 3/187 (2013.01); B64C 7/00 (2013.01); F16J 15/062 (2013.01); F16J 15/104 (2013.01);
Abstract
A seal for sealing an aircraft fuel tank, an aircraft wing rib and stringer sealing assembly, an aircraft wing fuel tank, an aircraft structural wing box, an aircraft wing, and a method of sealing an aperture are disclosed. The seal is for sealing a wing rib to a stringer passing through an aperture in the rib at a variable position in the aperture. The seal includes self-adjustment means to absorb any tolerance when forming the seal, upon the stringer being assembled into the aperture in the rib.