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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2012
Applicants:
Chetan Korya, Bristol, GB;
Timothy J. Sanderson, Bristol, GB;
Inventors:
Chetan Korya, Bristol, GB;
Timothy J. Sanderson, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, Bristol, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 37/00 (2006.01); B64C 1/14 (2006.01); B64C 3/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 37/005 (2013.01); B64C 1/1446 (2013.01); B64C 3/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
An aircraft fuel tank access cover comprises an inner door, an outer door and a clamping arrangement for clamping the doors together about an access aperture in the skin of the fuel tank. The clamping arrangement comprises a bolt in-molded in a generally central part of the inner door and or external nut. The doors have reinforcing rib arrangements to spread the clamping load to the peripheral edges thereof.