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AssigneeMichael G. Flood
InventorsMichael G. Flood, Robert M. Hamilton
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An anti-g pressure regulator functions, in conjunction with a pressurized anti-g suit during high g loads, to supply O2 to a pilot's face mask during the inhalation phase with the O2 pressure rising from a predetermined minimum to a predetermined maximum as determined by the g load to increase the volume of O2 supplied to the pilot's lungs. During the exhalation phase the pressure is allowed to fall from the maximum to the minimum to reduce the stress experienced by the pilot during exhalation thereby enabling the pilot to tolerate high g loads. Optionally, the pressure of gas supplied to the anti-g suit may be controlled in a nonlinear manner with respect to the anticipated range of g-loads to improve the pilot's performance during exposure to intermediate g-loads.
A method of regulating the inhalation and exhalation of breathable gas to and from a pilot's airway in response to the pilot's spontaneous inhalation and exhalation breathing phases, while the pilot is experiencing excessive g-forces and equipped with an anti-g force suit and a face mask having a common inlet/outlet port in fluid communication with the pilot's airway comprising:
A system for controlling the pressures at which breathable gas is spontaneously inhaled from a high pressure source and exhaled to a low pressure region by a pilot while experiencing excessive g-forces and equipped with an anti-g-force suit comprising:
An apparatus for controlling the pressures at which breathable gas is spontaneously inhaled from a high pressure breathable gas source and exhaled to a low pressure region by a pilot while equipped with an anti-g suit including a pneumatic chest compression section and experiencing excessive g-forces comprising:
In an apparatus for controlling the maximum and minimum pressure at which breathable gas in inhaled and exhaled, respectively, from a high pressure source by a pilot equipped with an anti-g suit and experiencing g-force above a preselected value, the maximum and minimum pressures varying in accordance with the g-force, the combination comprising:
An improvement in the method of providing physiological protection for a pilot experiencing excessive g-force while wearing an anti-g suit, a chest bladder and a face mask with a common inlet/outlet port, the anti-g suit and chest bladder being pressurized in accordance with the g-forces, the improvement comprising:
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