Aircraft ejection seat assembly with integrated survival kit
AssigneeAMI Industries, Inc.
InventorsNicholas Kersi Charles Bharucha, Steven Andrew Holstine, Casey Andrew Stribrny
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Abstract
An aircraft ejection seat assembly is disclosed where a survival kit is incorporated into a seat back of an ejection seat, and that is released from the ejection seat by one or more actuators. The survival kit is attached to the parachute lines. One or more retention pins may secure the survival kit relative to the seat back. Representative actuators that may be used to move the retention pin(s) to a release configuration including mechanical (e.g., a bell crank), electrical (e.g., a controller such as a MASS), or pressurized fluid.
Claims20
An aircraft ejection seat assembly, comprising:
- an aircraft ejection seat comprising a seat back;
- a survival kit incorporated into said seat back;
- a retention pin;
- and
- an actuator interconnected with said retention pin, wherein activation of said actuator moves said retention pin from a retention position to a released position, wherein said released position allows said survival kit to separate from at least a portion of said seat back.
A method of operating an aircraft ejection seat assembly comprising a seat back that incorporates a survival kit, comprising:
- retaining said survival kit relative to said seat back using a retention pin disposed in a retention position;
- activating an actuator, wherein said activating comprises moving said retention pin from said retention position to a released position;
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- releasing said survival kit from at least part of said seat back with said retention pin being in said released position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.