Evacuation inflatable having self-healing fabric
AssigneeGoodrich Corporation
InventorsParthasarathy Govindaraju, Harish Venkateshaiah, Abhiram Pattabhiram, Chana Kesava Reddy
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Abstract
A self-healing fabric for an inflatable of an evacuation system may comprise a fabric layer, an interior thermoplastic polymeric layer formed over a first side of the fabric layer, and an exterior thermoplastic polymeric layer formed over a second side of the fabric layer. The interior thermoplastic polymeric layer may include a first healing agent. The exterior thermoplastic polymeric layer may include a second healing agent.
Claims20
A self-healing fabric for an inflatable of an evacuation system, comprising:
- a fabric layer;
- an interior thermoplastic polymeric layer formed over a first side of the fabric layer, the interior thermoplastic polymeric layer including a first healing agent;
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- an exterior thermoplastic polymeric layer formed over a second side of the fabric layer, the second side being opposite the first side, the exterior thermoplastic polymeric layer including a second healing agent.
An inflatable for an evacuation system, the inflatable comprising:
- a self-healing fabric defining an inflation chamber, wherein the self-healing fabric comprises:
- a fabric layer;
- an interior thermoplastic polymeric layer formed over the fabric layer and oriented toward the inflation chamber, the interior thermoplastic polymeric layer including a first healing agent;
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- an exterior thermoplastic polymeric layer formed over the fabric layer and oriented away from the inflation chamber, the exterior thermoplastic polymeric layer including a second healing agent.
A method of forming an inflatable for an evacuation system, the method comprising:
- forming a self-healing fabric by:
- forming a first thermoplastic polymeric layer including a first healing agent over a first side of a fabric layer;
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- forming a second thermoplastic polymeric layer including a second healing agent over a second side of the fabric layer;
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- forming an inflatable chamber of the inflatable using the self-healing fabric.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.