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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2011
John J. Occhiato, Derby, CT (US);
Gordon E. Winer, Bridgeport, CT (US);
Irvin B. Alansky, Cheshire, CT (US);
Steven E. Spoldi, Shelton, CT (US);
Anthony Z. Stobiecki, Vya, NV (US);
Joseph P. Skonieczny, Madison, CT (US);
John J. Occhiato, Derby, CT (US);
Gordon E. Winer, Bridgeport, CT (US);
Irvin B. Alansky, Cheshire, CT (US);
Steven E. Spoldi, Shelton, CT (US);
Anthony Z. Stobiecki, Vya, NV (US);
Joseph P. Skonieczny, Madison, CT (US);
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, CT (US);
Abstract
A method of automatically jettisoning cargo suspended from a suspension system coupled to an auto jettison system, includes receiving an initial load value from at least one attachment point of the suspension system, the receiving of the initial load value in response to attaching the cargo to the suspension system; receiving an instantaneous load value of the cargo suspended on an attachment point, the attachment point being coupled to the cargo; predicting a rate of change of the instantaneous load value at a predetermined future time period; combining the predicted rate of change of the instantaneous load value with the initial load value to create a predicted load value; comparing the predicted load value to a threshold value for the attachment point; and jettisoning the cargo from the attachment point if the predicted value is greater than the threshold value.