Air Cruisers Company

Thomas W Swierkocki

Deepak Duggal

Mark Jeffers

Christian W Thomson

Stanley J Pawlowski, Jr

Jonathan Vezzosi

Sean M Blazick

Brian Henry

Brian Gibson

Cristina Ramos

Alejandra Gabriela Cardona Erives

Elizabeth López Reyes

Rubén Salinas Hinojos

Alberto González Montes

Adrian Enrique Fernández Manriquez

Donna Eckert

Ana Karina Navar Guerra

Linda Radomski

Juan Ramón Burciaga Holguín

Described is a fabric or flexible composite material for an inflatable safety product having an emissivity of less than or equal to 0.25. The fabric or flexible composite material may include a substrate defining a surface and a metallic layer covering at least one surface of the substrate.

Low emissivity material for inflatable safety products

A seam tape, patch material, accessory material, or component material may be used for an inflatable safety product. The seam tape, patch material, accessory material, or component material includes an emissivity of less than or equal to 0.48. An inflatable safety product or an accessory for an inflatable safety product may include the seam tape, patch material, accessory material, or component material.

Low emissivity seam tape for inflatable safety products

An inflatable safety product may include a fabric or flexible composite material. The fabric or flexible composite material includes a low weight, high strength substrate. In certain embodiments, the fabric or flexible composite material has a tensile strength of at least 190 lbs/in and/or a tear strength of at least 13 lbs/in and/or a radiant heat resistance of at least 180 seconds, and a substrate weight of less than or equal to 3 ounces/yd.

Material for inflatable safety products with high strength to weight ratio

Air-holding fabrics and improvements to reinforced tape used to join multiple fabric panels. Specifically disclosed is a joining system and method for securing two air-holding panels to one another, while eliminating air leakage through the seam tape. The disclosed reinforced tapes find particular use in connection with evacuation slides, evacuation slide/rafts, life rafts, life vests, and other life-saving inflatable devices.

Sealed reinforced tape

Methods for fabricating inflatable devices made from air- or gas-holding fabrics. Specific embodiments relate to seam tapes, films, structural components or accessories welded to one or more fabric panels. Specifically disclosed is a fabrication system and method that reduces potential damage due to overheating seam areas. This disclosure has been found particularly useful with improved lightweight fabrics that would otherwise be susceptible to damage during welding processes.

Methods for fabricating inflatable devices

Systems to prevent water ingestion during use of an electrically powered inflation system for an inflatable device in order to ensure that the inflatable device remains either upright in the water during the inflation process, or that prevents water from entering the inflation system air intake during the inflation process, or combinations thereof.

Water management systems for preventing water ingestion in electrically powered inflation systems

Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for using nonwoven materials for evacuation slides, life rafts, life vests, and other life-saving inflatable devices. The nonwoven materials have a substrate layer with continuous filaments formed in various directions.

Nonwoven flexible composites

Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for using nonwoven materials for evacuation slides, life rafts, life vests, and other life-saving inflatable devices. The nonwoven materials have a substrate layer with continuous filaments formed in various directions. The substrate layer then has a layer (e.g., a coating or a film or both) on one or both surfaces of the substrate of nonwoven material.

Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for using nonwoven materials for evacuation slides, life rafts, life vests, and other life-saving inflatable devices. The nonwoven materials have a substrate layer with continuous filament fibers formed in various directions. The substrate layer then has a first and second layer of polyurethane. The first and second layers of polyurethane may be laminated or coated to a nonwoven substrate of the filament fibers. An isocyanate-based adhesive or primer may be particularly useful in causing cross-linking of the materials to one another.

Embodiments generally to raft assembly components and methods. Specific aspects provide a tape configuration that can assist positioning of raft tubes with respect to one another, as well as positioning a life raft floor with respect to one or more of the raft tubes. The tape configuration may have a base and an extending T-shaped flange.

Raft assembly components and methods

A pressurized actuator system for independent deployment of at least two inflatable structures having a first primary section adapted for deployment of a primary inflatable structure and second section for deployment of a secondary inflatable structure and an auxiliary source of pressurized fluid for operating said device. A control assembly for controlling a flow of pressurized fluid from the auxiliary source of pressurized into the second system is provided. Thus, the system assures independent deployment of the primary and secondary inflatable structures.

Pressurized actuation system for inflatable structures

A pressurized actuator system for simultaneously deploying a plurality of inflatable floatation devices or other structures for a rotorcraft or other mobile or stationary devices includes a plurality of primary sources of pressurized fluid adapted for deploying a corresponding number of inflatable structures, a plurality of primary valves that are each operatively associated with one of the primary sources, a plurality of pressure-responsive primary transducers operative to open a different one of the primary valves, and a secondary source of pressurized fluid adapted for simultaneously operating the primary transducers to thereby open the primary valves and simultaneously deploy the plurality of inflatable structures.

Pressurized actuator system for inflatable structures

An emergency floatation system associated with a landing gear of a rotorcraft comprising at least a float unit and a raft module. The float unit is formed by a base and a float cover with an inflatable float being positioned therebetween. The raft module is formed with a raft compartment adapted to receive an inflatable raft in the packed condition thereof. The raft module is supported on the float by the base. The raft is adapted for inflation and deployment from the raft module independently of the float deployment.

Growing community of inventors

Manasquan, NJ, United States of America

Thomas W Swierkocki