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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2017
Applicant:
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
Timothy Brian Carr, Grapevine, TX (US);
Chad Richard Haugeberg, Arlington, TX (US);
Deepak Chandrashekar Jangamakote, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 25/16 (2006.01); B64D 25/14 (2006.01); B64D 11/06 (2006.01); B64C 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 25/16 (2013.01); B64C 1/1407 (2013.01); B64D 11/0633 (2014.12); B64D 25/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A breakaway cover for providing emergency access to a release mechanism for a life raft on a vehicle includes a housing configured to be attached the vehicle. The housing includes a recess wherein the release mechanism may be located. The recess is protected by a cover. The cover has a first end attached the housing and a second end retained to the housing but capable of being pulled free. The cover is configured to fracture along a series of slots proximate the first end when pulled by a user.