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Patent No.:

US 12491996 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 22, 2022

Cryogenic tank for an aircraft and aircraft including such a tank

Applicant:

Airbus Operations Sas, Toulouse, FR;

Inventors:

Tanguy Vercamer, Toulouse, FR;

Benoît Penven, Toulouse, FR;

Frédéric Goupil, Toulouse, FR;

Assignee:

Airbus Operations SAS, Toulouse, FR;

Attorney:

Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

Primary Examiner:

Don M Anderson

Assistant Examiner:

Elizabeth J Volz

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F17C 1/16 (2006.01); B64D 1/00 (2006.01); F17C 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 1/00 (2013.01); F17C 1/12 (2013.01); F17C 2201/0109 (2013.01); F17C 2203/012 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0391 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0629 (2013.01); F17C 2221/012 (2013.01); F17C 2223/0161 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0189 (2013.01);
Abstract

A storage tank for a cryogenic fluid including an inner tank that is configured to store the fluid and that is seated in an outer envelope, the inner tank and the outer envelope having a shared longitudinal axis, such that a thermal insulation volume surrounds the inner tank, and wherein the outer envelope surrounds the volume about the inner tank. The tank has at least one damping element made of a deformable material positioned between one end of the inner tank and the outer envelope to wedge the inner tank against the outer envelope. This enables a reliable sliding mechanical link to be formed between at least one end of the inner tank and the outer envelope of the tank, thereby increasing resistance to wear and facilitating assembly of the tank.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Vercamer, Tanguy. (2025). Cryogenic tank for an aircraft and aircraft including such a tank (U.S. Patent No. 12491996). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12491996

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