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US 7,841,421 B2Granted
Ballistic fire protection system
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorRichard L. Kulesha
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Abstract
A fire protection device has a panel having a plurality of channels formed there through. A plurality of containers is used for holding a fire suppression material. Each container is placed in one of the plurality of channels. An attachment device is used for removably coupling the fire protection device to a structure to be protected.
Claims18
A fire protection device comprising:
- a panel having a plurality of channels formed there through;
- a plurality of sealed containers for holding a fire suppression material, wherein each one of said plurality of channels is sized to fit a single one of said plurality of sealed containers within said channel, and said one of sealed containers is removable from said one of the plurality of channels;
- a pair of openings formed through the panel and through a single channel of the plurality of channels, wherein the pair of openings are in axial alignment;
- an insert sealed to one of the plurality of sealed containers to prevent moisture from entering the sealed container, the insert having a first end attached to a first surface of the sealed container and a second end attached to a second surface of the sealed container, the insert forming a passage through the one sealed container, the passage in axial alignment with the pair of openings;
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- an attachment device for removably coupling the fire protection device to a structure to be protected.
3 more elements
A fire protection device comprising:
- a panel having a plurality of channels formed there through;
- a plurality of containers for holding a fire suppression material, wherein each one of said plurality of channels is sized to fit a single one of said plurality of sealed containers within said channel, and said one of sealed containers is removable from said one of the plurality of channels;
- a pair of openings formed through the panel and through a single channel of the plurality of channels, wherein the pair of openings are in axial alignment;
- an insert sealed to at least one of the plurality of containers, the insert having a first end attached to a first surface of the at least one container and a second end attached to a second surface of the at least one container, the insert forming a passage through the at least one container, the passage in alignment with the pair of openings in the at least one channel when the at least one container is placed in the at least channel;
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- an attachment device for removably coupling the fire protection device to a structure to be protected.
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A method of forming a fire protection device comprising:
- forming a plurality of sealed containers
- forming a panel having a plurality of channels, sized to fit a single one of said plurality of sealed containers within one of said plurality of channels, there through;
- forming a pair of openings formed through the panel and through a single channel of the plurality of channels, wherein the pair of openings are in axial alignment;
- sealing an insert to said one of a plurality of sealed containers to prevent moisture from entering the one of the plurality of sealed container, the insert having a first end attached to a first surface of the one sealed container and a second end attached to a second surface of the one sealed container, the insert forming a passage through the one sealed container, the passage in axial alignment with the pair of openings;
- filling each of the plurality of containers with a fire suppression material;
- and
- inserting one of the plurality of containers in one of the plurality of channels.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.