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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2012
Jeremie J. Albert, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Martin G. Andrews, Chadds Ford, PA (US);
Jason L. Firko, Wilmington, DE (US);
Jeremie J. Albert, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Martin G. Andrews, Chadds Ford, PA (US);
Jason L. Firko, Wilmington, DE (US);
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A storage container, which may be a fuel bladder, includes a container wall configured to retain a fluid within the container and an opening through the container wall. The container includes a rim of the container wall surrounding the opening and a non-planar flex region of the container wall adjacent to the rim. The flex region includes at least one resilient crease in the container wall and the rim is between the flex region and the opening. A portion of the container wall surrounds the flex region. The flex region exhibits the property of allowing movement of the rim with respect to the portion of the container wall.