公开(公告)号：US10710737B2

公开(公告)日：2020-07-14

申请号：US15363509

申请日：2016-11-29

申请人： Airbus Operations Limited

发明人： Dylan James ,  Justine McCarthy ,  Angus Morgan ,  Michael Poad ,  Nicholas Morton ,  Henry Edwards ,  Richard Burness ,  Christopher Slack

IPC分类号： B64D37/28 ,  B64C3/34 ,  B64D37/20 ,  B64D37/04 ,  B64D37/08

摘要： An aircraft fuel tank system including a fuel tank compartment for containing liquid fuel and having a float-activated valve arranged to become positively buoyant when immersed in liquid fuel so that the float moves up to a raised position which causes the valve to close and prevent liquid fuel from flowing out of the fuel tank compartment through the valve. The float is also arranged to move down to a lowered position in response to a level of the liquid fuel in the fuel tank compartment dropping, the movement of the float to the lowered position causing the valve to open and permit liquid fuel to flow out of the fuel tank compartment through the valve. A pressure-activated valve may be used as an alternative to the float-activated valve.