US Patent Issued to GOODRICH on Dec. 16 for "Off-wing evacuation packboard cover panel and soft cover release utilizing magnetostriction" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,180, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to GOODRICH Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Off-wing evacuation packboard cover panel and soft cover release utilizing magnetostriction" was invented by Vasantha Kumara Jnanegowda (Bangalore, India) and Sunil Deshapande (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for releasing a blowout panel and softcover release of an evacuation slide in an aircraft is provided. The system includes a first actuator, a second actuator; and a controller. The controller is configured to receive an indication that an evacuation event has begun; and, responsive to receiving the indication of the evacuation ev...