Provided is a bladder external to a fuel tank of a vehicle and allows an operational range of the vehicle to be increased. Preferably the bladder is external to rest of the vehicle and the vehicle is an aircraft. The external bladder allows fuel in the fuel tank to expand and contract without requiring additional space within the vehicle, thus allowing more fuel mass to be held by the vehicle and a smaller vehicle profile that is more aerodynamically efficient. More preferably, the bladder is disconnectable from the rest of the vehicle to allow increasing of aerodynamic efficiency and weight reduction during use.
EXTERNAL-BLADDER FUEL SYSTEM
2016-03-17
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT |
External-bladder fuel system fluidly connectable to a fuel tank to receive excess
European Patent Office | 2018
|Emerald Group Publishing | 1973