- Patent Title: Fuel tanks and reusable launch vehicles comprising these fuel tanks
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Application No.: US17405505Application Date: 2021-08-18
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Publication No.: US11939086B2Publication Date: 2024-03-26
- Inventor: Jonathan David Embler , Tin Anh Luu , Morgan Ashley Lewis , John Matthew Nichols , Keith Charles Kreutztrager , Chinh Manh Cao , Jonathan Edward Toomey , Martin Edward Lozano , Alfredo Lopez
- 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: Kwan & Olynick LLP
- Main IPC: B64G1/40
- IPC: B64G1/40 ; B64G1/00

Abstract:
A fuel tank comprises an interior wall, a sump, and a baffle that comprises a center fitting, a full-length containment petal, a partial-length containment petal, a dump tube. The full-length containment petal comprises a full-length side edge, extending radially outward from the center fitting. The partial-length containment petal comprises a partial-length side edge, extending radially outward from the center fitting. The dump tube is connected to the sump. The full-length side edge of the full-length containment petal is longer than the partial-length side edge of the partial-length containment petal. All of the partial-length side edge of the partial-length containment petal is attached to a linear portion of the full-length side edge of the full-length containment petal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220258874A1 FUEL TANKS AND REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLES COMPRISING THESE FUEL TANKS Public/Granted day:2022-08-18
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