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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2012
Thomas Barre, Toulouse, FR;
Matthieu Biteau, Toulouse, FR;
Olivier Bourbon, Aucamville, FR;
Alexis Courpet, Fronton, FR;
Jean-marc Roques, Toulouse, FR;
Cedric Sable, Toulouse, FR;
Thomas Barre, Toulouse, FR;
Matthieu Biteau, Toulouse, FR;
Olivier Bourbon, Aucamville, FR;
Alexis Courpet, Fronton, FR;
Jean-Marc Roques, Toulouse, FR;
Cedric Sable, Toulouse, FR;
Airbus Operations S.A.S., Toulouse, FR;
Abstract
A fuel piping connection device for aircraft includes a male end fitting and a female end fitting that are configured to engage one another. The male and female end fittings are made of a resistive material that is an insulating material loaded with conducting fibers. Each of the male and female end fittings is configured to be bonded to a radial outer wall at an extremity of a respective tube in the fuel piping or to a radial outer wall at an extremity of a respective piping connector. Each of the male and female end fittings includes an inwardly projecting shoulder configured to engage with an axial end surface of the respective tube in the fuel piping or with an axial end surface of the respective piping connector.