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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2003
Simon D. Senibi, Covington, WA (US);
David M. Anderson, Issaquah, WA (US);
David L. Banks, Bellevue, WA (US);
James J. Childress, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Mostafa Rassaian, Bellevue, WA (US);
Simon D. Senibi, Covington, WA (US);
David M. Anderson, Issaquah, WA (US);
David L. Banks, Bellevue, WA (US);
James J. Childress, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Mostafa Rassaian, Bellevue, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a fuel-tank system with an ultrasonic fuel-gauging system for an aircraft. The fuel-tank system includes a fuel tank, a transducer carrier tape covered with a separation barrier, and coupled to a surface of the fuel tank, and at least one ultrasonic transducer attached to the transducer carrier tape. An ultrasonic signal from at least one ultrasonic transducer is reflected from a fuel-air surface and a reflected signal is received by at least one ultrasonic transducer to determine a fuel level in the fuel tank.