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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2013
Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;
Parker Hannifin Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Job Telford Kingdom Hutchings, Bristol, GB;
Benjamin Richardson, Bristol, GB;
Ted Dinh, Irvine, CA (US);
Michael Kevin Nolte, Irvine, CA (US);
Stuart Robert Fox, Irvine, CA (US);
Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;
Parker-Hannifin Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
An aircraft fuel tank vent () having a first interface () for fluid communication with an aircraft fuel tank interior, and a second interface () for fluid communication with an aircraft fuel tank exterior, the vent comprising: a first flow path () between the first interface and the second interface, the fuel tank vent having a baffle () positioned in the first flow path, and, a second flow path () between the first interface and the second interface, the fuel tank vent having a overpressure device () positioned in the second flow path, wherein the first and second flow paths are common along at least a part of their length such that they are coincident at the second interface.