Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fail-safe tank with integrated sensor and methods for detecting a leak in a wall of the tank
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Application No.: US16190569Application Date: 2018-11-14
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Publication No.: US10976214B2Publication Date: 2021-04-13
- Inventor: Christian Fages , Bruno Seminel
- Applicant: Ratier-Figeac SAS
- Applicant Address: FR Figeac
- Assignee: Ratier-Figeac SAS
- Current Assignee: Ratier-Figeac SAS
- Current Assignee Address: FR Figeac
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Priority: EP18305182 20180221
- Main IPC: F17C13/00
- IPC: F17C13/00 ; G01M3/32 ; F17C13/02 ; F17C1/00 ; F17C13/06 ; B64C1/14 ; B64D25/14

Abstract:
A tank that may be used in combination with an actuating means such as a pneumatic door actuator includes a first, inner, enclosure positioned and enclosed within a second, outer, enclosure, to provide an enclosed chamber between the inner enclosure and outer enclosure. The pressure in the chamber may be measured with a gauge that does not extend into the inner enclosure. The measured pressure may then be monitored and compared in order to detect a change in pressure and thereby also detect a leak through a wall from the inner enclosure. The tank may also be used to inflate and/or deploy an emergency evacuation slide in an aircraft.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190257710A1 FAIL-SAFE TANK WITH INTEGRATED SENSOR AND METHODS FOR DETECTING A LEAK IN A WALL OF THE TANK Public/Granted day:2019-08-22
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