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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2019
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
William Worden Cleary, Everett, WA (US);
Ty Aaby Larsen, Everett, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 1/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for cutting a cutting a payload strap includes a cutting assembly with an aperture to enclose a payload strap and a cutting element to sever the payload strap, a non-explosive energy source to store cutting energy, a control component coupled to the energy source to release the cutting energy, and a controller coupled to the control component to time and control the delivery of the cutting energy to the cutting element.