Disclosed is an aircraft 1 which comprises a fuselage 20 and, installed therein, at least one fuel tank 10. The fuel tank 10 has a tank wall comprising a spherical zone or a cylindrical portion 10c, and a first cap portion 10t and a second cap portion 10g enclosing the spherical zone or the cylindrical portion 10c, respectively. The first cap portion 10t of the at least one fuel tank 10 installed in the fuselage 20 faces a roof portion 20r of the fuselage, and its second cap portion 10g faces a bottom portion 20b of the fuselage. In particular, the aircraft 1 thus comprises an upright arrangement of the at least one fuel tank 10. Support elements 41, 42 may serve to support the at least one fuel tank 10 against a shell 22 and/or against at least one frame component 21, 21' of the fuselage 20.
AIRCRAFT WITH FUEL TANK
FLUGZEUG MIT KRAFTSTOFFTANK
AÉRONEF AVEC RÉSERVOIR DE CARBURANT
2025-06-25
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT |
Aircraft fuel tank access cover and an aircraft fuel tank
European Patent Office | 2015
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