US 11,939,086 B2
Fuel tanks and reusable launch vehicles comprising these fuel tanks
Jonathan David Embler, Santa Ana, CA (US); Tin Anh Luu, Garden Grove, CA (US); Morgan Ashley Lewis, Huntington Beach, CA (US); John Matthew Nichols, Madison, AL (US); Keith Charles Kreutztrager, St. Charles, MO (US); Chinh Manh Cao, Huntington Beach, CA (US); Jonathan Edward Toomey, Orange, CA (US); Martin Edward Lozano, Huntington Beach, CA (US); and Alfredo Lopez, Long Beach, CA (US)
Assigned to The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Aug. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/405,505.
Application 17/405,505 is a continuation of application No. 63/150,320, filed on Feb. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0258874 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. B64G 1/40 (2006.01); B64G 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B64G 1/402 (2013.01) [B64G 1/002 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fuel tank, comprising:
an interior wall;
a sump; and
a baffle, comprising:
a center fitting;
a full-length containment petal, comprising a full-length side edge, extending radially outward from the center fitting;
a partial-length containment petal, comprising a partial-length side edge, extending radially outward from the center fitting; and
a dump tube, connected to the sump,
wherein:
the full-length side edge of the full-length containment petal is longer than the partial-length side edge of the partial-length containment petal, and
all of the partial-length side edge of the partial-length containment petal is attached to a linear portion of the full-length side edge of the full-length containment petal.