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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2010
Applicants:
Joseph K-w Lam, Bristol, GB;
Franklin Tichborne, Bristol, GB;
Simon Masters, Bristol, GB;
David Parmenter, Uckfield, GB;
Inventors:
Joseph K-W Lam, Bristol, GB;
Franklin Tichborne, Bristol, GB;
Simon Masters, Bristol, GB;
David Parmenter, Uckfield, GB;
Assignee:
Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 37/34 (2006.01); B64D 15/12 (2006.01); B64D 37/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 37/34 (2013.01); B64D 37/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
An aircraft fuel system including a fuel line for carrying liquid fuel, and a microwave energy transmitter for energizing water carried in the fuel line. Also, a method of suppressing ice formation in an aircraft fuel system, the fuel system including a fuel line carrying liquid fuel, and a microwave energy transmitter, the method comprising transmitting microwaves along the fuel line to energize water carried with the fuel in the fuel line.