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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
May. 23, 2011
Joseph M. Buchholz, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Matthew E. Leahy, Seattle, WA (US);
Paul J. Maue, Monroe, WA (US);
Edward M. Ducheane, Everett, WA (US);
J. Everett Groat, Snohomish, WA (US);
Arshad Nazir, Bellevue, WA (US);
Michael L. Simmons, Everett, WA (US);
Howard S. Veith, Mukilteo, WA (US);
Peter K. Louden, Bellevue, WA (US);
Kevin K. Longwell, Lake Stevens, WA (US);
Joseph M. Buchholz, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Matthew E. Leahy, Seattle, WA (US);
Paul J. Maue, Monroe, WA (US);
Edward M. Ducheane, Everett, WA (US);
J. Everett Groat, Snohomish, WA (US);
Arshad Nazir, Bellevue, WA (US);
Michael L. Simmons, Everett, WA (US);
Howard S. Veith, Mukilteo, WA (US);
Peter K. Louden, Bellevue, WA (US);
Kevin K. Longwell, Lake Stevens, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
An aircraft fuel scavenge system incorporates a scavenge pump receiving fuel from a center tank and depositing the fuel in a wing tank. A water separator receives fuel through an inlet tube providing a plurality of momentum changes to incoming fuel, the water separator having a fuel outlet connected to the scavenge pump and a water outlet. A water manifold is connected from the water outlet to an input to a fuel supply line to an engine.