Patent ID: 8562027
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: B64D,F16L,H01R

Abstract:
1. A fuel piping connection device for aircraft, wherein said connection device comprises: a male end fitting and a female end fitting that are configured to engage one another, the male and female end fittings are made of a resistive material that is an insulating material loaded with conducting fibers, each of the male and female end fittings is configured to be bonded to a radial outer wall at an extremity of a respective tube in the fuel piping or to a radial outer wall at an extremity of a respective piping connector, and each of the male and female end fittings includes an inwardly projecting shoulder configured to engage with an axial end surface of the respective tube in the fuel piping or with an axial end surface of the respective piping connector.