A seal 8 for sealing an aircraft fuel tank. The seal is for sealing a wing rib 1 to a stringer 18 passing through an aperture 2 in the rib at a variable position in the aperture. The seal includes self-adjustment means 10, 11 to absorb any tolerance when forming the seal, upon the stringer being assembled into the aperture in the rib. The seal comprises a first seal part 8, which engages with the rib, and a second seal part, 25, which engages with the stringer. The first seal part may comprise a plate and the second seal part may comprise a saddle. The self-adjusting means may comprise a sliding adjuster and may further include a camming means. An aircraft wing fuel tank, an aircraft structural wing box, an aircraft wing and a method of sealing an aperture are also disclosed.


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    Titel :

    Aircraft fuel tank aperture sealing


    Beteiligte:
    PAUL EDWARDS (Autor:in) / ANTONY PEACOCK (Autor:in) / TIMOTHY SANDERSON (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    17.06.2020


    Medientyp :

    Patent


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Klassifikation :

    IPC:    B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT / B64F GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT , Boden- oder Flugzeugträgerdeckeinrichtungen besonders ausgebildet für die Verwendung in Verbindung mit Luftfahrzeugen



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