Hybrid water storage system for aircraft

    公开(公告)号:US11820513B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-21

    申请号:US17181029

    申请日:2021-02-22

    CPC classification number: B64D11/02 B64D11/0007 Y10T137/6906

    Abstract: A hybrid water storage system for an aircraft includes separate variable volumes for respectively storing/holding potable water and gray water occupying a common container. The hybrid water storage system is generally configured to draw potable water from a first variable volume in order to provide fresh water to one or more aircraft appliances (e.g., sinks, showers, ice-makers, etc.), and the used potable water (i.e., the potable water that is collected in drains from the aircraft appliances), referred to herein as gray water, is routed to a second variable volume that occupies the same container as the first variable volume.

    JOINTS OF COMPOSITE FRAMES FOR OPTICS SUPPORT STRUCTURE

    公开(公告)号:US20230366421A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-16

    申请号:US17745501

    申请日:2022-05-16

    CPC classification number: B29C70/382 B29C65/562 B29K2101/12

    Abstract: A joint for a composite frame includes a first composite rod, a first shell abutting the first composite rod, a second shell abutting the first composite rod and disposed opposite the first shell relative to the first composite rod. The first and second shells are joined together such that composite rod is fixed therebetween. A method of forming joints of composite frame includes forming a composite frame by interconnecting a plurality of composite rods formed by an Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) manufacturing method around a mandrel, applying a first shell to the plurality of composite rods at a first location where composite rods are interconnected, applying a second shell at the first location opposite the first shell relative to the composite rods, and joining the first and second shells together with the composite rods at the first location disposed between the first and second shells.

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