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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2009
Hiroaki Yamaguchi, Nagoya, JP;
Yuichiro Kamino, Nagoya, JP;
Tooru Hashigami, Nagoya, JP;
Kazuyuki Oguri, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroaki Yamaguchi, Nagoya, JP;
Yuichiro Kamino, Nagoya, JP;
Tooru Hashigami, Nagoya, JP;
Kazuyuki Oguri, Nagoya, JP;
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An aircraft fuel tank that is capable of suppressing the occurrence of sparks on a pipe caused by a lightning current through the pipe during a lightning strike, and also suppressing static electricity charging of a pipe caused by flow electrification generated by the fuel. An aircraft fuel tank () in which a storage section is formed using a conductive upper skin (), a conductive lower skin () and conductive spars (), the tank comprising: pipes inside the tank, such as a refuel pipe (), an engine feed pipe () and an inert gas pipe (), which are disposed inside the storage section and are earthed () at a plurality of locations, and pipe outer surface layers () having semiconductor properties that are formed in an integrated manner on the outer surfaces of the pipes inside the tank such as the replenishing pipe (), the supply pipe () and the gas pipe ().