Aircraft evacuation slides
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorSteven Philip McDonald
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Abstract
Example aircraft and aircraft evacuation slides and related methods are disclosed herein. An example evacuation slide assembly for an aircraft disclosed herein includes an inflatable slide body attachable to the aircraft and configured to inflate in response to an evacuation event, and a readiness indicator gate supported by the inflatable slide body, wherein the readiness indicator gate is movable from an unready position during inflation of the inflatable slide body, thereby indicating the inflatable slide body is not ready for use, to a ready position thereby indicating readiness of the inflatable slide body for user egress from the aircraft onto the inflatable slide body.
Claims18
An evacuation slide assembly for an aircraft, the evacuation slide assembly comprising:
- an inflatable platform section;
- an inflatable slide section coupled to the inflatable platform section;
- a readiness indicator gate coupled to the inflatable platform section, the readiness indicator gate including a retractable webbing;
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- an anchor release coupled to the readiness indicator gate and configured to cause the readiness indicator gate to move from an unready position to a ready position in response to inflation of the inflatable slide section.
An evacuation slide assembly for an aircraft, the evacuation slide assembly comprising:
- an inflatable platform section;
- an inflatable slide section coupled to the inflatable platform section;
- a readiness indicator gate coupled to the inflatable platform section;
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- an anchor release coupled to the readiness indicator gate and configured to cause the readiness indicator gate to move from an unready position to a ready position in response to inflation of the inflatable slide section, wherein the anchor release comprises an inflatable body configured to inflate after inflation of the inflatable platform section and the inflatable slide section.
An aircraft comprising:
- a fuselage having at least one exit door;
- a wing attached to the fuselage;
- a truss coupled to the wing and the fuselage;
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- an inflatable slide assembly attached to the fuselage and comprising a readiness indicator, wherein the inflatable slide assembly is deployable above the truss and below the at least one exit door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.