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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2013
Kidde Technologies, Inc., Wilson, NC (US);
Dharmendr Len Seebaluck, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Adam Chattaway, Windsor, GB;
Tadd F. Herron, Greenville, NC (US);
KIDDE TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Wilson, NC (US);
Abstract
An automated fire protection system for a freighter such as an aircraft may include a single fire retardant source for a first deck and a second deck. The system may further include a plurality of sensors for detecting fire and a plurality of nozzles for dispersing the retardant, wherein each nozzle is paired with one of the plurality of sensors. Once a fire is detected by one of the sensors, the fire protection system may eject fire retardant through only one or more nozzles paired with the sensor that detected the fire. Because retardant may be accurately dispersed close to the detected fire location through less than the plurality of nozzles, an amount of on-board retardant may be decreased, thereby decreasing weight of the fire suppression system. In an embodiment, the fire retardant may only be discharged during the descent, further decreasing the weight of the fire system.