Vent for an aircraft wing fuel tank
US9346554B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 19, 2013 |
| Grant date | May 24, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 18, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB64D37/005
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An aircraft fuel tank vent opening having a liquid separation nozzle, the liquid separation nozzle and the opening dimensioned such that migration across the liquid separation nozzle to the underside of a wing, of fuel escaping from the vent opening, is inhibited during normal operating conditions.
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