IP Library Granted Patent US 8,439,310
Granted Patent B2
US 8,439,310 · App. 12/702,869 · Granted May 14, 2013

Aircraft presenting two pairs of wings and fuel tanks in fluid communication

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Patent No.
US 8,439,310
App. No.
12/702,869
Granted
May 14, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An aircraft comprises: a fuselage; a front pair of wings; a rear pair of wings; and a pair of bodies, each body interconnecting, at a distance from the fuselage, the front and rear wings that are situated on the same side of the fuselage.

Claims (21)

1. An aircraft comprising:

a fuselage;

a front pair of wings;

a rear pair of wings; and

a pair of bodies each body interconnecting at a distance from the fuselage, the front and rear wings that are situated on a same side of the fuselage,

wherein each body includes at least one electrical, electronic, or hydraulic member, and wherein the bodies include respective fuel tanks, each body being in fluid communication with a fuel tank in both of the front and rear wings that are situated on the same side of the fuselage.

2. An aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein each body is of streamlined shape.

3. An aircraft according to claim 2 , wherein each body comprises a box.

4. An aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein, on each body, the wing portions contiguous to the body are spaced apart from each other.

5. An aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein each body includes at least one appendix.

6. An aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein the bodies form portions of the structure of the aircraft.

7. An aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein each body projects from the wings with which it is associated in at least one of the following directions:

forwards;

rearwards;

upwards;

downwards; and

away from the fuselage;

and in all of said directions.

8. An aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein one of the pairs of wings, extends from a bottom zone of the fuselage and the other of the pairs of wings, extends from a top zone of the fuselage.

9. An aircraft according to claim 8 , wherein the one of the pairs of wings is the front pair and the other of the pairs of wings is the rear pair.

10. An aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one electrical, electronic or hydraulic member is selected from the group consisting of a navigation member, a communications member and a detector member.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded May 18, 2011
From: AIRBUS FRANCE
To: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
Reel/Frame 026298/0269 →
MERGER Recorded Feb 9, 2010
From: AIRBUS FRANCE
To: AIRBUS OPERATIONS
Reel/Frame 023941/0766 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 9, 2010
From: CAZALS, OLIVIER; GENTY DE LA SAGNE, JAIME
To: AIRBUS FRANCE
Reel/Frame 023941/0899 →