ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,776, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to B/E AEROSPACE INC. (Winston Salem, N.C.).
"Electronically activated, spring-driven initiator" was invented by Jeremy John Fredrich (West Allis, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An initiator for opening a pressurized gas cylinder is disclosed herein. The initiator includes a housing having a first end and a second end, a lance disposed within the housing, the lance configured to slide from the first end of the housing to the second end of the housing and out through the second end of the housing, a spring disposed within the housing between the first end of the housing and the lance, and a wire...