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US 9,849,994 B2Granted
Soft cover release mechanism for evacuation slides
AssigneeGoodrich Corporation
InventorsRyan Schmidt, Helperus Ritzema Rautenbach
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Abstract
An emergency evacuation assembly may comprise an inflatable slide, a soft cover containing the inflatable slide, a lace holding the soft cover closed, a pin retaining the lace, and a pneumatic actuator configured to release the lace by pulling the pin. In various embodiments, the pneumatic actuator may include a housing, a cylinder disposed within the housing, a plunger disposed within the cylinder, a seal disposed within the cylinder, and a spring disposed within the housing.
Claims5
A pneumatic actuator, comprising:
- a housing;
- a cylinder disposed within the housing;
- a plunger disposed within the cylinder;
- a seal disposed within the cylinder;
- a spring disposed within the housing and configured to apply a force to the plunger;
- and an arm coupled to the plunger, wherein the pneumatic actuator is configured to be connected to a pin for an evacuation slide.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.