Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for selective control of fuel tanks
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Application No.: US14712635Application Date: 2015-05-14
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Publication No.: US09989077B2Publication Date: 2018-06-05
- Inventor: Alistair K. Chan , Jesse R. Cheatham, III , Hon Wah Chin , Roderick A. Hyde , Muriel Y. Ishikawa , Jordin T. Kare , Max N. Mankin , Nathan P. Myhrvold , Tony S. Pan , Robert C. Petroski , Clarence T. Tegreene , Nicholas W. Touran , David B. Tuckerman , Yaroslav A. Urzhumov , Lowell L. Wood, Jr. , Victoria Y. H. Wood
- Applicant: Elwha LLC
- Applicant Address: US WA Bellevue
- Assignee: Elwha LLC
- Current Assignee: Elwha LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Bellevue
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Main IPC: F15D1/00
- IPC: F15D1/00 ; B60K15/077 ; B64D37/00 ; B60K15/03
Abstract:
A fuel tank includes a port and an open-cell foam. The open-cell foam is configured to retain a liquid fuel by an interfacial surface tension between the open-cell foam and the liquid fuel. The open-cell foam is configured to selectively release the liquid fuel when a surfactant is applied to the open-cell foam to reduce the interfacial surface tension between the open-cell foam and the liquid fuel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160332742A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVE CONTROL OF FUEL TANKS Public/Granted day:2016-11-17
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