US 12,275,527 B1
Helicopter aerial wildfire suppression system
Basil Mykytiuk, Thousand Oaks, CA (US)
Filed by Basil Mykytiuk, Thousand Oaks, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 5, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/969,924.
Int. Cl. A62C 3/02 (2006.01); A62C 5/00 (2006.01); A62C 31/05 (2006.01); A62C 99/00 (2010.01); B64D 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 1/16 (2013.01) [A62C 3/0242 (2013.01); A62C 5/002 (2013.01); A62C 31/05 (2013.01); A62C 99/0009 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for fighting fires from a helicopter, the system comprising:
a wetting agent tank to hold a wetting agent;
a suppressant mix tank to hold a fire suppressant mix including water and the wetting agent;
a refill assembly to pump the water into the suppressant mix tank;
a solenoid valve to move the wetting agent from the wetting agent tank to the suppressant tank through a connecting hose connecting the wetting agent tank to the suppressant mix tank;
a fire hose containment system including a suppressant tank hose to deliver the fire suppressant mix from the suppressant mix tank to the hose containment system, a hose drum around which a retractable hose is to be stored, and a motor to extend and retract the retractable hose;
a nozzle array unit coupled to the retractable hose, the nozzle array unit having at least twelve nozzles in a nozzle array housing, wherein the nozzle array unit is configured to direct the fire suppressant mix to a fire through the at least twelve nozzles;
at least one suppressant mix pump for expelling the fire suppressant mix from the suppressant mix tank through a suppressant mix tank hose, to the house containment system, through the retractable hose and out through the at least twelve nozzles.