Aircraft baffle seal

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2009-10-08

2011-12-06

Ellis, Christopher P (Department: 3644)

Aeronautics and astronautics

Aircraft structure

Fuselage and body construction

C244S133000, C060S806000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08070099

ABSTRACT:
Aircraft systems having baffle seals with low coefficients of friction and methods of assembling aircraft systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an aircraft system includes: (a) an aircraft baffle; (b) an aircraft cowl separated from the aircraft baffle by a gap, the aircraft cowl having a contact surface; and (c) a flexible aircraft baffle seal extending from the aircraft baffle to the aircraft cowl to seal the gap, the aircraft baffle seal having a contact side for contacting the contact surface of the aircraft cowl, the contact side having a kinetic coefficient of friction that is not more than 0.4, the aircraft baffle seal comprising an elastomer sheet and a laminate, the laminate being the contact side.

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