Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for supplying fuel to a vehicle
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Application No.: US15671815Application Date: 2017-08-08
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Publication No.: US10766760B2Publication Date: 2020-09-08
- Inventor: Brian Tillotson , Carol Elizabeth Anway
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
- Main IPC: B67D7/32
- IPC: B67D7/32 ; F02M25/00 ; H05F3/06 ; B67D7/42 ; B67D7/04

Abstract:
In an example, a method of supplying fuel to a fuel tank of a vehicle includes supplying, via a fuel line, fuel to a fuel tank of a vehicle at an initial rate of fuel flow, which causes an electrostatic charge to accumulate on a surface of the fuel in the fuel tank. The method also includes exposing an air medium in the fuel tank to ionizing radiation to increase a level of ionization of an air medium in the fuel tank and increase a rate of dissipation of the electrostatic charge. The method includes determining the level of ionization of the air medium in the fuel tank, and determining an increased rate of fuel flow based on a difference between the determined level of ionization and a baseline level of ionization. The method further includes supplying the fuel to the fuel tank at the increased rate of fuel flow.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190047843A1 Systems and Methods for Supplying Fuel to a Vehicle Public/Granted day:2019-02-14
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