ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,566, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to GOODRICH Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Time-based control system for inflatable evacuation slide" was invented by Poly Puthur John (Kerala, India), Nikhil Anthony Saldanha (Karnataka, India) and Bhavik Mugeraya (Karnataka, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inflation control system for an inflatable may comprise a compressed fluid source, a valve module, a temperature sensor, and a controller. The valve module is connected to the compressed fluid source and configured to control a flow of gas to the inflatable. The temperature sensor measures an ambient temperature and outputs the ambient temp...