- Patent Title: Ignition-quenching covers and methods for aerospace applications
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Application No.: US16684354Application Date: 2019-11-14
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Publication No.: US11571595B2Publication Date: 2023-02-07
- Inventor: Jason Scott Damazo , Eddie Kwon , Arthur C. Day , John Rubrecht Lowell
- 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: Kolitch Romano Dascenzo Gates, LLC
- Main IPC: B64D37/32
- IPC: B64D37/32 ; A62C4/00 ; A62C3/08 ; A62C2/06 ; A62C3/07 ; A62C3/06

Abstract:
Ignition-quenching covers are configured to quench an ignition event in a combustible environment triggered by an ignition source associated with an ignition-risk structure. Ignition-quenching covers comprise a porous body that includes two or more porous elements and are configured to cover the ignition-risk structure, wherein the ignition-risk structure is associated with a potential ignition source that may produce the ignition event in the combustible environment. The porous body defines passages sized to quench the ignition event. Methods comprise installing a porous ignition-quenching cover over an ignition-risk structure to prevent bulk combustion, e.g., of a fuel vapor in a fuel tank, due to an ignition event associated with the ignition-risk structure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200094088A1 IGNITION-QUENCHING COVERS AND METHODS FOR AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS Public/Granted day:2020-03-26
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