Patents by Inventor Luciano Magno Fragola BARBOSA

Luciano Magno Fragola BARBOSA has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Systems and methods to provide compliance with structural load requirements for aircraft with additional fuel tankage
    Patent number: 8851424
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided to comply with structural load requirements applicable to aircraft additional fuel tank systems. A plurality of aircraft fuel tanks may be positioned adjacent to one another, preferably within the fuselage (e.g., a cargo compartment) of the aircraft so as to be disposed generally along a longitudinal axis of the aircraft. The tank body defining an interior space for holding aircraft fuel, an intercommunication conduit assembly between the fuel tank modules configured to refuel and transfer fuel from the tank modules by a cascade mode and an intentional air-filled ullage space are operatively associated with the tank body to prevent an overpressure condition within the interior space of the fuel tank body. The intentional air-filled ullage is obtained through the predetermined positioning of the terminal open end of the intercommunication tube inside the respective fuel tank module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Embraer S.A.
    Inventors: Weber Brito Barbosa, Paulo Henrique Hasmann, Luciano Magno Fragola Barbosa
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROVIDE COMPLIANCE WITH STRUCTURAL LOAD REQUIREMENTS FOR AIRCRAFT WITH ADDITIONAL FUEL TANKAGE
    Publication number: 20110272526
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided to comply with structural load requirements applicable to aircraft additional fuel tank systems. A plurality of aircraft fuel tanks may be positioned adjacent to one another, preferably within the fuselage (e.g., a cargo compartment) of the aircraft so as to be disposed generally along a longitudinal axis of the aircraft. The tank body defining an interior space for holding aircraft fuel, an intercommunication conduit assembly between the fuel tank modules configured to refuel and transfer fuel from the tank modules by a cascade mode and an intentional air-filled ullage space are operatively associated with the tank body to prevent an overpressure condition within the interior space of the fuel tank body. The intentional air-filled ullage is obtained through the predetermined positioning of the terminal open end of the intercommunication tube inside the respective fuel tank module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: EMBRAER - EMPRESA BRASILEIRA DE AERONAUTICA S.A.
    Inventors: Weber Brito BARBOSA, Paulo Henrique HASMANN, Luciano Magno Fragola BARBOSA