Evacuation system inflatable toe end spring and sill height compensating feature

US10822098B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GOODRICH CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Drew Hartman · Phoenix, US
• Jaro S. Volny · Scottsdale, US
• Karl L Winkelman · Chandler, US
• Scott A Luobikis · Phoenix, US
• Breanna Swift Holmes · Scottsdale, US
• Baltazar Gonzalez Leon · Phoenix, US
• Ryan Foley · Lake Forest, US
• Ivan Kruts · Sacramento, US
• Raoul Evrard Chinang · Phoenix, US
• Tony Pope · Tempe, US
• Timothy C. Haynes · Prescott Valley, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 23, 2018
• Grant date: Nov 3, 2020
• Expiry date: May 3, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64D25/14
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An evacuation slide may comprise a first sill height compensating feature coupled to an upper main support tube and a second sill height compensating feature coupled to the upper main support tube, wherein the first sill height compensating feature and the second sill height compensating feature extend longitudinally past the sliding surface of the evacuation slide in response to the evacuation slide being deployed. The first sill height compensating feature and the second sill height compensating feature may be configured to increase a vertical distance between the upper main support tube and an exit surface in response to a sill height of the evacuation slide increasing.