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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2015
Applicant:
Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;
Inventor:
Colin John West, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
AIRBUS UK LIMITED, Bristol, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/38 (2006.01); F16J 15/10 (2006.01); F16J 15/32 (2016.01); B64C 9/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J 15/104 (2013.01); B64C 9/14 (2013.01); F16J 15/108 (2013.01); F16J 15/322 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract
A sealing member for forming a seal in an aircraft, the sealing member comprising: a sealing material; and a stiffening element which provides structural support to the sealing material and comprises a material with a glass transition temperature below +50° C. The stiffening element is relatively flexible when the aircraft is at low altitude (high temperature) but becomes relatively stiff (increasing resistance to seal flutter) when the aircraft is at cruise altitude (low temperature).