Patent ID: 7293741

Claim:
An aircraft, comprising: a fuselage portion; a spar carried by at least one of the fuselage portion and the wing portion, the spar including a first spar rib and a second spar rib spaced apart from the first spar rib; a fuel tank carried by at least one of the fuselage portion and the wing portion; a fluid conduit proximate to the spar and operably coupled to the fuel tank; and a support member carrying the fluid conduit, the support member including a first support member portion attached to one side of the fluid conduit and a second support member portion attached to a generally opposite side of the fluid conduit as the first support member portion, the support member being operably coupled to the spar and positioned to transfer at least approximately all of the axial loads from the fluid conduit to at least one of the first spar rib and the second spar rib.