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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;
Inventors:
Richard Haskins, Bristol, GB;
John Jones, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, Bristol, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 37/32 (2006.01); B64D 37/04 (2006.01); B64D 45/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 37/32 (2013.01); B64D 37/04 (2013.01); B64D 45/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
An aircraft fuel tank arrangement for the relief of a pressure differential between the interior of the aircraft fuel tank and the ambient atmosphere is provided. The aircraft fuel tank arrangement comprises a removable cartridge received within a cartridge-receiving body located at least partially in the fuel tank, said cartridge comprising a first burstable member operable to rupture in the presence of a pressure differential between the interior of the aircraft fuel tank and the ambient atmosphere which is greater than a predetermined pressure differential.