Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aircraft fuel tank aperture sealing
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Application No.: US17812947Application Date: 2022-07-15
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Publication No.: US11597498B2Publication Date: 2023-03-07
- Inventor: Paul Edwards , Antony Peacock , Timothy Sanderson
- Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
- Applicant Address: GB Bristol
- Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
- Current Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: GB Bristol
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Priority: GB1819165 20181126
- Main IPC: B64C3/34
- IPC: B64C3/34 ; B64C3/18 ; B64C7/00 ; F16J15/06 ; F16J15/10

Abstract:
A seal for sealing an aircraft fuel tank, an aircraft wing rib and stringer sealing assembly, an aircraft wing fuel tank, an aircraft structural wing box, an aircraft wing, and a method of sealing an aperture are disclosed. The seal is for sealing a wing rib to a stringer passing through an aperture in the rib at a variable position in the aperture. The seal includes self-adjustment means to absorb any tolerance when forming the seal, upon the stringer being assembled into the aperture in the rib.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220348306A1 AIRCRAFT FUEL TANK APERTURE SEALING Public/Granted day:2022-11-03
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