US 11,713,127 B2
Multi-seat escape system and ejection seat sequencer
Steve Holstine, Peyton, CO (US); Luis G. Interiano, Galt, CA (US); Jeff Benjamin, Colorado Springs, CO (US); John Hampton, Colorado Springs, CO (US); and Kassidy L. Carson, Colorado Springs, CO (US)
Assigned to AMI INDUSTRIES, INC., Colorado Springs, CO (US)
Filed by AMI Industries, Inc., Colorado Springs, CO (US)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/549,634.
Prior Publication US 2023/0182907 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. B64D 25/10 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 25/10 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article of manufacture including a tangible, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon for controlling deployment of aircraft escape subsystems and ejection seat subsystems and that, in response to execution by a first sequencer, cause the first sequencer to perform operations comprising:
receiving, by the first sequencer, a power input;
determining, by the first sequencer, a seat location and a seat identity of a first ejection seat in which the first sequencer is installed;
determining, by the first sequencer, an ejection mode;
sending, by the first sequencer, a first deploy command to an escape path clearance subsystem;
determining, by the first sequencer, a deployment sequence for a seat rocket catapult subsystem and a plurality of ejection seat subsystems of the first ejection seat based on the seat location, the seat identity, and the ejection mode;
sending, by the first sequencer, a second deploy command to the seat rocket catapult subsystem; and
sending, by the first sequencer, a series of third deploy commands to the plurality of ejection seat subsystems.