US 12,077,305 B2
Releasable restraint for evacuation assemblies
Ivan Kruts, Sacramento, CA (US); and Steven Evans, Sun City, AZ (US)
Assigned to GOODRICH CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by GOODRICH CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Dec. 12, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/711,638.
Prior Publication US 2021/0179281 A1, Jun. 17, 2021
Int. Cl. F16B 2/16 (2006.01); B64D 25/14 (2006.01); F16B 21/16 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 25/14 (2013.01) [F16B 2/16 (2013.01); F16B 21/165 (2013.01); Y10T 24/45461 (2015.01); Y10T 403/592 (2015.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An evacuation slide, comprising:
a first strap coupled to a first portion of the evacuation slide;
a second strap coupled to a second portion of the evacuation slide; and
a first releasable restraint coupled between the first strap and the second strap, the first releasable restraint comprising:
a first base coupled to the second strap;
a first socket coupled to the first base, the first socket including a first head and a first shaft extending from the first head, wherein the first base is located in a base channel defined by the first shaft;
a first sleeve configured to translate relative to the first shaft;
a plurality of first balls located in the first shaft;
a first plug coupled to the first strap and configured to be received by a first plug channel defined by the first socket; and
a first spring located around the first shaft and configured to bias the first sleeve toward the first head of the first socket, wherein the first spring is in a spring cavity defined by the base, the socket, and the sleeve;
the first base has a first spring surface, the first sleeve has a second spring surface, and the first spring extends between and to the first spring surface and the second spring surface.