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Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 21, 2012
Applicant:

Steven Bofill, New Haven, CT (US);

Inventor:

Steven Bofill, New Haven, CT (US);

Assignee:

SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, Stratford, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 37/02 (2006.01); B23P 11/00 (2006.01); B64D 37/04 (2006.01); B64D 37/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 11/00 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49947 (2015.01); B64D 37/04 (2013.01); B64D 37/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

A flexible fuel bladder structure for an aircraft includes one or more sleeves extending along an exterior of the fuel bladder. The one or more sleeves are receptive of one or more rods to at least partially suspend the fuel bladder in the aircraft. An aircraft includes a fuselage and a flexible fuel bladder disposed in the fuselage. One or more rods are installed through a portion of the fuel bladder and into a fuselage member. The flexible fuel bladder is at least partially suspended from the one or more rods. A method of installing a fuel bladder in an aircraft includes inserting a flexible bladder into a fuselage space of the aircraft. One or more rods are installed through one or more fuselage members and one or more sleeves of the fuel bladder. The one or more rods at least partially suspend the fuel bladder in the fuselage.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Bofill, Steven. (2015). Sleeve and rod support for fuel bladder (U.S. Patent No. 9050691). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9050691

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