Title:
AIRCRAFT CANOPY FRACTURE SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO1999042362
Kind Code:
A8
Abstract:
An aircraft canopy fracturing system includes a canopy (170) having fore and aft positions and a region (176) that is severable from the canopy to provide an opening (181) therethrough for the egress of aircraft occupants. The severable region (176) has a shape that inhibits passage of the severable region through the opening (181) created in the canopy once the severable region is freed from the canopy and is displaced aftward relative to the canopy. The canopy fracturing system also may include one or more mechanisms that will impart an aftward impulse to the severable region of the canopy once it has been severed and freed from the remainder of the canopy.
Inventors:
JAHSMAN HENDRICK E (US)
HOPWOOD KEVIN M (US)
HOPWOOD KEVIN M (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US1999/003445
Publication Date:
October 14, 1999
Filing Date:
February 18, 1999
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TELEDYNE IND (US)
JAHSMAN HENDRICK E (US)
HOPWOOD KEVIN M (US)
JAHSMAN HENDRICK E (US)
HOPWOOD KEVIN M (US)
International Classes:
B64C1/32; (IPC1-7): B64C1/00
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