US 12,129,931 B2
Enclosure containing an inerting gas and comprising a liquid discharging system, aircraft having such an enclosure
Adeline Soulie, Toulouse (FR)
Assigned to Airbus Operations SAS, Toulouse (FR)
Filed by Airbus Operations SAS, Toulouse (FR)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/972,616.
Claims priority of application No. 2111391 (FR), filed on Oct. 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0127600 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. F16K 17/04 (2006.01); F16K 7/17 (2006.01); F16K 17/10 (2006.01); H01M 8/04746 (2016.01); A62C 99/00 (2010.01)
CPC F16K 17/0453 (2013.01) [F16K 7/17 (2013.01); F16K 17/10 (2013.01); H01M 8/04746 (2013.01); A62C 99/0018 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An enclosure delimiting an internal zone and an (Currently Amended) external zone, containing fluids as an inerting gas and at least one liquid to be discharged, the external zone exhibiting an external pressure, the internal zone exhibiting an internal pressure greater than the external pressure, the enclosure comprising at least a first end and a second end opposite to said first end, and:
at least two conduits extending through the first and second opposite ends of the enclosure, wherein at least a portion of each conduit is positioned in the enclosure, wherein at least one of the conduits is configured to carry a liquid,
a lower part in which the liquid accumulates,
at least one orifice positioned in the lower part and configured to place the internal and external zones in communication, and
a liquid discharging system positioned at the orifice and configured to take up a closed state in which the liquid discharging system prevents the liquid from flowing from the internal zone to the external zone through the orifice and an open state in which the liquid discharging system allows the liquid to flow from the internal zone to the external zone through the orifice,
wherein the liquid discharging system comprises at least one elastically deformable element configured to be deformed by the internal pressure of the internal zone of the enclosure and, depending on its deformation, to control the open or closed state of the liquid discharging system.