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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2015
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Michael P. Kozar, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Mark S. Wilenski, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Amy E. Bahe, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 37/32 (2006.01); B60K 15/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/03177 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03309 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03407 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03447 (2013.01);
Abstract
A self-sealing bladder including a liquid impermeable material layer that is compatible with a liquid held in the bladder and a plurality of flexible sealing flaps extending inwardly from the interior surface of the liquid bladder wherein, in response to a hole formed in the bladder that establishes an unwanted flow of liquid from the bladder, at least one sealing flap responds to the unwanted flow of fluid by bending towards and at least partially covering the hole.