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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
May. 19, 2009
Applicants:
Tracy Lee Tweet, Stanwood, WA (US);
Arshad Nazir, Bellevue, WA (US);
Dennis W. Seibold, Stanwood, WA (US);
Inventors:
Tracy Lee Tweet, Stanwood, WA (US);
Arshad Nazir, Bellevue, WA (US);
Dennis W. Seibold, Stanwood, WA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 37/02 (2006.01); B64D 37/14 (2006.01); B64D 37/00 (2006.01); B64D 37/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 37/14 (2013.01); B64D 37/00 (2013.01); B64D 37/16 (2013.01); F17C 2250/043 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus comprises a refueling system for a number of fuel tanks, a primary valve, and a secondary valve. The refueling system has branches capable of distributing fuel into the number of fuel tanks. The primary valve is associated with a primary branch in the branches. The primary valve and the secondary valve are independently controlled to change a distribution of the fuel through the branches into the number of fuel tanks.