Sealant having fireworthy properties for use with aircraft parts

US11779787B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Patent Well LLC · US

Inventors

• Peter Sibello · Fort Worth, US
• Jeff Busby · Millsap, US
• Chad Knight · Hyde Park, US
• Kent Boomer · Benbrook, US
• Matt Boyd · Fort Worth, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 17, 2020
• Grant date: Oct 10, 2023
• Expiry date: Dec 17, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC E): Fixed Constructions
• CPC primary: E04B1/948
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Fireworthy sealants may have a variety of compositions and be made by a variety of techniques. In certain implementations, a fireworthy sealant may include a body comprised of a cured, tacky, soft, deformable non-adhesive gel. The gel body may have an upper surface, a lower surface, and a perimeter, wherein the upper and lower surfaces of the gel body, in an uncompressed state, define a body thickness. The sealant may, in an uncompressed state, be dimensioned to fit in a first opening between a wall and an aircraft component surface and deformable when under compression to fit in a second opening, smaller than the first opening. The sealant may be flame retardant and produce low smoke density and low smoke toxicity.