Energetic evacuation slide
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1. An evacuation system, comprising:
- an evacuation slide comprising an inflatable portion;
a reactant packet disposed within the inflatable portion including a chemically reactive material configured to react to produce a gas and inflate the evacuation slide; and
a trigger system and a cable assembly, wherein the cable assembly is coupled to the trigger system and the reactant packet, wherein the cable assembly is coupled to the evacuation slide within a cable tunnel disposed in the inflatable portion of the evacuation slide.
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Abstract
An evacuation system may comprise an evacuation slide comprising an inflatable portion; and a reactant packet disposed within the inflatable portion including a chemically reactive material configured to produce gas and inflate the evacuation slide.
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18 Claims
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1. An evacuation system, comprising:
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an evacuation slide comprising an inflatable portion; a reactant packet disposed within the inflatable portion including a chemically reactive material configured to react to produce a gas and inflate the evacuation slide; and a trigger system and a cable assembly, wherein the cable assembly is coupled to the trigger system and the reactant packet, wherein the cable assembly is coupled to the evacuation slide within a cable tunnel disposed in the inflatable portion of the evacuation slide. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17)
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12. A method of inflating an evacuation slide of an evacuation system, comprising:
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activating a first reactant packet disposed in the evacuation slide, wherein the activating the first reactant packet comprises; commanding, by a processor, a trigger system to apply a current to the first reactant packet; applying the current to the first reactant packet via the trigger system; and igniting an electrical ignitor comprised in the first reactant packet in response to the applying the current to the first reactant packet; reacting a chemically reactive material in the first reactant packet in response to the igniting the electrical ignitor, producing a gas; and inflating the evacuation slide with the gas. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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18. An evacuation system, comprising:
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an evacuation slide comprising an inflatable portion; a first reactant packet disposed within the inflatable portion including a chemically reactive material configured to react to produce a gas and inflate the evacuation slide; a second reactant packed disposed within the inflatable portion including a second chemically reactive material configured to react to produce a second gas; a temperature sensor at least one of coupled to or disposed proximate to the evacuation slide configured to measure a temperature at least one of in or proximate to the evacuation slide, wherein the evacuation system is configured to stagger activation of a first of the first reactant packet and the second reactant packet and a second of the first reactant packet and the second reactant packet based on the temperature.
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