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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2014
The Boeing Company, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Casey Charles Regan, Snohomish, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for distributing an inert gas to an aircraft fuel tank are provided herein. The method includes channeling the inert gas in a first direction via a first distribution line and channeling the inert gas in an opposite second direction via a second distribution line. The second distribution line is concentrically aligned with and circumscribes the first distribution line. The second distribution line includes a termination point within the aircraft fuel tank. The second distribution line defines a plurality of distribution orifices that release of the inert gas into an ullage space of the fuel tank.