System for detecting the status of a tube for fuel transfer
US9193471B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 1, 2012 |
| Grant date | Nov 24, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 5, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB64D39/06
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A system for detecting the status of a tube for fuel transfer. It includes a nozzle for a telescoping tube employed in air to air refueling and transfer of fuel on a tanker aircraft with a system that detects the status of the connection of the nozzle with respect of a receptacle in a receiving aircraft, the system detecting the characteristics of the status of the connection of the nozzle in the receptacle by direct measurement of parameters in the nozzle itself of the tanker aircraft.
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