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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2023
Applicant:
Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;
Inventors:
Samuel Phillips, Bristol, GB;
Anthony Bryant, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, Bristol, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 37/30 (2006.01); B64C 3/18 (2006.01); B64D 37/00 (2006.01); F16L 9/22 (2006.01); F16L 39/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 37/30 (2013.01); B64C 3/187 (2013.01); B64D 37/005 (2013.01); F16L 9/22 (2013.01); F16L 39/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
An aircraft assembly is disclosed including a rib of a wing, an aperture in the rib, and a pipe assembly extending through the aperture. The pipe assembly includes a first rigid pipe section, a second rigid pipe section and a flexible pipe section between the first and second rigid pipe sections; and a fixture arrangement that couples one of the pipe sections to the wing rib. The flexible pipe section is located at a plane of the rib and configured to allow relative movement between the first rigid pipe section and the second rigid pipe section.