Kidde Technologies Incorporated

Goodrich Corporation

Christopher Wilson

David William Frasure

Mark T Kern

Ken Bell

Mark Sherwood Miller

Terry Simpson

Scott Kenneth Newlin

Stefan Coreth

Chris George Georgoulias

John Wright Porterfield, Jr

Doug John Baxendell

Kevin R Leitch

Michael Lee Davis

Richard Bryson

Charles B McLean

Clinton E Piland

Jr John Wright Porterfield

Charles B Mcclean

A safety assembly provided with an automatic fire extinguisher system includes an engagement member, a blocking member, and an extension member. The engagement member is slidably received within an outlet port of a valve housing. A blocking member having a first blocking member portion and a second blocking member portion is at least partially received within a cavity defined by the valve housing. The extension member extends between the engagement member and the blocking member.

Automatic fire extinguisher system having a safety assembly

Overheat and fire detection for aircraft systems includes an optical controller and a fiber optic loop extending from the optical controller. The fiber optic loop extends through one or more zones of the aircraft. An optical signal is transmitted through the fiber optic loop from the optical controller and is also received back at the optical controller. The optical controller analyzes the optical signal to determine the temperature, strain, or both experienced within the zones.

Aircraft overheat detection using optical fiber technology for system health monitoring by determining a physical characteristic associated with a location

An automatic field load check testing system includes a computer communicating with and commanding a rescue hoist. A processor of the computer commands the rescue hoist to wind to build a load on a cable. As the tension builds a sensor monitors an overload clutch to determine if any friction discs in the overload clutch slip as the load builds. When the load reaches a minimum clutch slip load, the load is relieved. Where the friction discs slip before the load reaches the minimum clutch slip load, the overload clutch fails the test. Where the friction discs do not slip before the load reaches the minimum clutch slip load, the overload clutch passes the test.

Automatic testing of overload protection device in a rescue hoist

Optical health monitoring for aircraft overheat and fire detection systems

A method for calibrating a test light to simulate a fire includes measuring a baseline resistance induced in a sensor cell of a two-color detector in response to a controlled fire. The method includes monitoring a test resistance induced in the sensor cell in response to exposure to emissions from a test light and adjusting the emissions of the test light until the test resistance of the sensor cell equals the baseline resistance of the sensor cell to achieve a calibration setting for the test light. A test light for a detector includes a housing and a first LED within the housing having a first emission wavelength. A second LED is within the housing. The second LED has a second emission wavelength. The second emission wavelength is different than the first emission wavelength.

Systems and methods for testing two-color detectors

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Christopher Wilson