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US 12,077,305 B2Granted
Releasable restraint for evacuation assemblies
AssigneeGoodrich Corporation
InventorsIvan Kruts, Steven Evans
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Abstract
A releasable restraint may comprise a base and a socket coupled to the base. The socket may include a head and a shaft extending from the head, wherein the shaft defines a base channel configured to receive the base. A sleeve may be configured to translate relative to the shaft of the socket. A plurality of balls may be located in a plurality of frustoconical ball openings formed through the shaft of the socket. A plug may be received by a plug channel defined by the socket.
Claims8
An evacuation slide, comprising:
- a first strap coupled to a first portion of the evacuation slide;
- a second strap coupled to a second portion of the evacuation slide;
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- a first releasable restraint coupled between the first strap and the second strap, the first releasable restraint comprising:
- a first base coupled to the second strap;
- a first socket coupled to the first base, the first socket including a first head and a first shaft extending from the first head, wherein the first base is located in a base channel defined by the first shaft;
- a first sleeve configured to translate relative to the first shaft;
- a plurality of first balls located in the first shaft;
- a first plug coupled to the first strap and configured to be received by a first plug channel defined by the first socket;
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- a first spring located around the first shaft and configured to bias the first sleeve toward the first head of the first socket, wherein the first spring is in a spring cavity defined by the base, the socket, and the sleeve;
- the first base has a first spring surface, the first sleeve has a second spring surface, and the first spring extends between and to the first spring surface and the second spring surface.
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