Aircraft equipment cooling
US9845157B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 28, 2015 |
| Grant date | Dec 19, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 13, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB64D2013/0614
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An aircraft includes: a cockpit, the inside of which is pressurized; equipment which is at least partially disposed on the outside of the cockpit (external space) where the pressure is lower than the inside of the cockpit (internal space); a forced air delivery mechanism which discharges air from a peripheral space of the equipment on the outside of the cockpit by an exhaust fan to supply a branch flow divided from a main flow of air-conditioning exhaust, which has air-conditioned the inside of the cockpit, as cooling air to the equipment; and a natural air delivery mechanism which uses a differential pressure between the inside of the cockpit and the outside of the cockpit to supply air inside the cockpit as cooling air to the equipment through a ventilation opening putting in communication the peripheral space and the inside of the cockpit with one another.
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