US 10,472,076 B2Granted

Release system for evacuation slide assembly

AssigneeGoodrich Corporation

InventorsRyan Schmidt, Helperus Ritzema Rautenbach

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Abstract

A release system for an evacuation slide assembly of an aircraft includes a fluid delivery manifold, a first actuator, and a second actuator. In various embodiments, a fluid is configured to flow into and pressurize the fluid delivery manifold from a fluid source in response to an evacuation event. In various embodiments, the first actuator is fluidly coupled to the fluid delivery manifold, wherein the first actuator is configured to release a blowout panel of the evacuation slide assembly in response to the fluid pressurizing the fluid delivery manifold. In various embodiments, the second actuator is fluidly coupled to the fluid delivery manifold, wherein the second actuator is configured to release a soft cover of the evacuation slide assembly in response to the fluid pressurizing the fluid delivery manifold.

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Dependent claims

A release system for an evacuation slide assembly of an aircraft, the release system comprising:

a blowout panel;
a soft cover;
wherein both the blowout panel and the soft cover are configured to be deployed by a power source in response to an evacuation event, the power source also being configured to deploy an evacuation slide, the release system further comprising:
a fluid delivery manifold, wherein the power source is a fluid power source and a fluid is configured to flow into and pressurize the fluid delivery manifold from the fluid power source in response to the evacuation event;
a first actuator fluidly coupled to the fluid delivery manifold, wherein the first actuator is configured to deploy the blowout panel in response to the fluid pressurizing the fluid delivery manifold;
and
a second actuator fluidly coupled to the fluid delivery manifold, wherein the second actuator is configured to deploy the soft cover in response to the fluid pressurizing the fluid delivery manifold;
wherein the first actuator and the second actuator are non-electrically actuated.

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