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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2023
Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp., Longueuil, CA;
Ahmad Cheikhzen, Montreal, CA;
Victor Sa Melo, Cambridge, CA;
Michel Labbe, Montreal, CA;
Penny Nicolaidis, Mont Royal, CA;
Daniel Alecu, Brampton, CA;
PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP., Longueuil, CA;
Abstract
An oil filler assembly for an aircraft engine, has: a filler tube extending from a bottom end to a top end; a valve having a tube side fluidly connected to the filler tube and a tank side; a cap removably secured to the top end; a dipstick secured to the cap and extending into the filler tube; and a piston secured to the dipstick, the piston having: a sealing configuration in which the piston sealingly engages the filler tube to fluidly disconnect the top end from the valve, the piston being in the sealing configuration when the cap is secured to the top end of the filler tube; and a venting configuration in which the piston permits fluid communication between the top end and the valve, the piston being in the venting configuration when the cap is moved away from the top end of the filler tube.