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Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025

Filed:

Jan. 22, 2024
Applicant:

B/e Aerospace, Inc., Winston Salem, NC (US);

Inventors:

Piotr Jacek Kroczek, Nieciszów, PL;

Dariusz Celestyn Sapija, Kiełczówek, PL;

Assignee:

B/E Aerospace, Inc., Winston Salem, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 88/54 (2006.01); E03B 11/02 (2006.01); F16J 13/18 (2006.01); F16L 55/115 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 88/54 (2013.01); E03B 11/02 (2013.01); F16J 13/18 (2013.01); F16L 55/1157 (2013.01);
Abstract

A fill port assembly comprising: a housing having an opening therethrough; a fill port located in and extending through the opening defining a flow passage through the fill port from a first end to a second end, the flow passage having an axis defined between the first end and the second end; and a closure mechanism moveable between an open position in which the flow channel is open and allows fluid flow therethrough and a closed position in which the flow channel is closed and prevents fluid flow therethrough, wherein the closure mechanism comprises: a cap attached at a first side of the cap to a first side of the housing via a hinge, the cap pivotable about the hinge between an open position with respect to the fill port and a closed position to close the second end of the fill port.


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