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Wastewater tank arrangement for an aircraft

US11691734B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

Wilhelm Lutzer · Zarpen, DE
Ulrich Rieger · Feldkirchen-Westerham, DE
Eberhard Gumbert · Hamburg, DE
Carsten Ohlfest · Glückstadt, DE
Holger Brilsky · Hamburg, DE
Gerke Popken · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 30, 2021
Grant date	Jul 4, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 22, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16L27/11
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A wastewater tank arrangement for an aircraft, including a wastewater tank and a drain pipe having a first end and an opposite second end, the drain pipe fastened with its first end to the wastewater tank and having a second end for connection to a service panel in the aircraft structure. Providing a wastewater tank arrangement can effectively compensate tolerances between the wastewater tank and the service panel, and can effectively compensate installation and manufacturing tolerances during the course of the initial installation, in that the wastewater tank arrangement has a tolerance compensation device configured to connect the second end of the drain pipe to the service panel and compensate tolerances between the second end of the drain pipe and the service panel.

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