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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7271713 | Digital automatic escape system A pilot seat ejection system for use in a number of environments, can be designated for automatic operation. A microprocessor, or other on-board computer, uses avionic sensors to sense an irreversible catastrophic or dangerous situation, thereby initiating automatic... | 09/18/2007 |
| 6591602 | Ejection seat rocket motors A rocket motor is disclosed that is suitable for use with an ejection seat. The rocket motor includes a combustion chamber, and has a plurality of spaced apart outlets arranged in fluid communication with the combustion chamber, to allow the passage of ex... | 07/15/2003 |
| 5573205 | Pull cord tension transmitting device using dual rack-pinion A first rack is maintained in spatial relationship from a pinion so that the rack may be moved vertically with a pilot's seat, thereby accommodating height adjustments. An actuating handle is connected, via a cable, to a linkage which displaces the rack t... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5261630 | Ejection seat control using aircraft radio altimeter A pilot's ejection seat is propelled in an upward direction after ejection by employing a high gain signal from a radio altimeter on board an aircraft. The vertically downward high gain vector is inverted by adding 180° to its phase component and providi... | 11/16/1993 |
| 4860971 | Emergency egress fixed rocket package A method of effecting the in-flight departure of an astronaut from a shuttle craft, and apparatus therefor. A plurality of rocket assemblies with a lanyard for each are provided, although only one rocket assembly is used for one escape. The astronaut is c... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4655417 | Molded ejection seat having an integrated rocket motor assembly A substantially one piece molded shell ejection seat (10) having a rocket motor propulsion system (74), the propulsion system (74) being adapted to be integrated into the molded seat (10) during the molding process. The seat body (12) has upper and lower ... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4613100 | Aircraft ejection system Each of two aircraft ejection seats, initially mounted in a side-by-side arrangement in an aircraft, has a primary rocket motor for accelerating the seat/airman combination on ejection, by producing a thrust vector substantially through the center of grav... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4396171 | Aircraft ejection seat catapult device The acceleration applied to an ejection seat during the catapult phase of emergency escape from an aircraft is limited to a maximum value which can be tolerated by the ejectee by incrementally venting exhaust gas from the high pressure chamber of the ejec... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4303212 | Vertical seeking aircrew escape system An aircraft ejection seat which seeks the upward vertical direction to ene safe ejection from inverted aircraft at low altitude. An attitude control processor processes signals from three-axis attitude sensors and controls servo valves which regulate the... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4236687 | Ejection seat with pitch, roll and yaw control An aircraft ejection seat having pitch, roll, and yaw control. Two gimbal rocket motors are attached to an aircraft ejection seat. A servo control circuit rotates the rocket motors in response to command signals.... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4216928 | Microwave radiometric attitude reference system An attitude reference system which uses microwave radiometry to sense the orientation of a vehicle. A fundamental fact of microwave radiometry is that more natural energy emanates from the earth than from the sky. The difference in energy, which is direct... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4036456 | Rocket catapult with direct mechanically actuated ignition of rocket motor An improved rocket catapult is disclosed for use in aircraft ejection systems permitting direct ignition of the rocket motor by a mechanically-actuated igniter situated in proximity to the rocket motor grain and which is actuated when the rocket motor has... | 07/19/1977 |
| 4017040 | Steerable extraction rocket A steerable rocket motor for towing a load or extracting an aircrew member rom a disabled aircraft, regardless of aircarft attitude or altitude. The rocket motor is formed from a hollow cylindrical thin walled casing containing a high burn rate propellant ... | 04/12/1977 |
| 3979089 | Vertical sensing and control system A rocket powered escape vehicle is equipped with an electrostatic attitude ensing system which commands a rocket motor mounted in gimbals on the bottom of the vehicle to provide a vertically upward seeking escape from an aircraft independent of aircraft at... | 09/07/1976 |
| 3979088 | Rocket catapult A rocket catapult ejection system for a seat-occupant mass of a disabled craft in which the rocket motor has an annular nozzle throat defined by a spherical pintle and an adjustable nozzle housing. Axial adjustment of the nozzle housing will displace the... | 09/07/1976 |
| 3972261 | Rocket catapult apparatus A rocket catapult arrangement having an erector mechanism to move the roc catapult from an out-of-the-way prone position to an upright firing position immediately before launch. When employed as emergency escape means for a seat-occupant mass of a disabl... | 08/03/1976 |
| 3952664 | Rocket nozzle multi function A rocket motor assembly for a rocket motor utilized for towing a load or racting an aircrew member from an aircraft. The rocket motor is formed in two separate sections, a casing portion and a unitary nozzle igniter housing portion. The nozzle and ignite... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3949682 | Towline thermal protection system An improved tow line and attachment apparatus for use with a rocket motor ilized in carrying a line, towing a load or extracting an aircrew member from a disabled aircraft. The tow or pendant line is attached to the rear end of a rocket motor adjacent its... | 04/13/1976 |
