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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2010
Hiroaki Yamaguchi, Nagoya, JP;
Yuichiro Kamino, Nagoya, JP;
Tooru Hashigami, Nagoya, JP;
Kazuyuki Oguri, Nagoya, JP;
Koichi Nakamura, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroaki Yamaguchi, Nagoya, JP;
Yuichiro Kamino, Nagoya, JP;
Tooru Hashigami, Nagoya, JP;
Kazuyuki Oguri, Nagoya, JP;
Koichi Nakamura, Nagoya, JP;
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
The Society of Japanese Aerospace Companies, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An aircraft fuel tank capable of suppressing electrostatic charging caused, for example, by flow electrification with the fuel. The aircraft fuel tank comprises an upper skin () and a lower skin () that exhibit conductivity and form a portion of a container for storing fuel, an internal structure () formed from a metal, and an inner surface layer () which has semiconductor properties or insulating properties and is formed in an integral manner on the inner surfaces of the upper skin () and the lower skin () in a location where the internal structure () contacts the upper skin () and the lower skin (), and in the surrounding portion thereof, wherein the inner surface layer () is formed, at least in the surrounding portion, from a material having semiconductor properties.