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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2012
Applicants:
Francisco Javier Fernandez Garcia, Madrid, ES;
Santiago Flores Giraldo, Madrid, ES;
Inventors:
Francisco Javier Fernandez Garcia, Madrid, ES;
Santiago Flores Giraldo, Madrid, ES;
Assignee:
EADS Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A., Madrid, ES;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 39/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 39/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for detecting the status of a tube for fuel transfer. It includes a nozzle for a telescoping tube employed in air to air refueling and transfer of fuel on a tanker aircraft with a system that detects the status of the connection of the nozzle with respect of a receptacle in a receiving aircraft, the system detecting the characteristics of the status of the connection of the nozzle in the receptacle by direct measurement of parameters in the nozzle itself of the tanker aircraft.