Patent ID: 7195285
Filing Date: 2007-03-27
Classification: B64D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A connection arrangement for detachably connecting a first flexible tank and a second flexible tank of an aircraft, comprising: a latching device; a first tubular connecting element attached to the first flexible tank; and a second tubular connecting element attached to the second flexible tank, the first and the second connecting elements being detachably connected to each other using the latching device, wherein the latching device is disposed radially inside of the first tubular connecting element, wherein, in a connected state of the connecting elements, the first and the second tanks are in fluid communication with each other via the first and the second connecting elements, the first tubular connecting element projects into an inside of the second flexible tank, and the latching device is disposed inside one of the first and second flexible tanks so as to be actuatable from outside the respective flexible tank through said respective flexible tank without opening said respective flexible tank.