ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,132, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to GOODRICH Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Slide pack growth detection method of evacuation slides or slide/rafts" was invented by Chethana Shivappa (Bangalore, India) and Bhavamanyu Aman Saxena (Bangalore, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for providing an indication of slide pack density is provided. The system includes a set of stretch sensors and a control unit coupled to the set of stretch sensors. The control unit is configured to receive an input from a stretch sensor in the set of stretch sensors; compare the input to a first predetermined threshold; and, responsive to the input mee...