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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2024
B/e Aerospace, Inc., Winston Salem, NC (US);
Piotr Jacek Kroczek, Nieciszów, PL;
Dariusz Celestyn Sapija, Kiełczówek, PL;
B/E AEROSPACE, INC., Winston Salem, NC (US);
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 channel through the fill port from a first end to a second end, the flow channel 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 ball located in the flow channel, the ball having a passage therethrough, the ball being rotatable within the flow channel such that in the open position, the passage is aligned with the flow channel and in the closed position, the passage is not aligned with the flow channel.