Vehicle with at least one emergency exit system

US11603180B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH · DE
• AIRBUS HELICOPTERS · FR

Inventors

• Aurelien Vayssiere · Niederschönenfeld, DE
• Bernhard Rein · Rain, DE
• Sven Laessig · Rain, DE
• Hubert Neukirch · Dillingen/Saar, DE
• Pierre FRUITET · Sigalas, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 2, 2020
• Grant date: Mar 14, 2023
• Expiry date: Mar 9, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64D25/08
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An aircraft with a fuselage and at least one emergency exit system, the at least one emergency exit system including a jettisonable component that is accommodated and locked in an associated frame structure of the aircraft in normal operation mode to form a portion of the fuselage and that is releasable from the associated frame structure for being jettisoned from the aircraft in an emergency mode; and further including an emergency evacuation assistance device that is adapted to assist in an emergency evacuation of the aircraft via the associated frame structure in the emergency mode; wherein the emergency evacuation assistance device is attached to the jettisonable component such that the emergency evacuation assistance device is deployed by means of the jettisonable component when the jettisonable component is jettisoned from the aircraft in the emergency mode.