US 12,466,566 B2
Time-based control system for inflatable evacuation slide
Poly Puthur John, Kerala (IN); Nikhil Anthony Saldanha, Karnataka (IN); and Bhavik Mugeraya, Karnataka (IN)
Assigned to GOODRICH CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by GOODRICH CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Feb. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/676,431.
Claims priority of application No. 202141023637 (IN), filed on May 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0380058 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. B64D 25/14 (2006.01); G05D 7/06 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 25/14 (2013.01) [G05D 7/0635 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An inflation control system for an inflatable, comprising:
a compressed fluid source;
a valve module connected to the compressed fluid source and configured to control a flow of gas to the inflatable;
a temperature sensor configured to measure an ambient temperature and output an ambient temperature measurement; and
a controller operably coupled to the valve module, wherein the controller is configured to:
receive the ambient temperature measurement;
access an open-time versus temperature database; and
determine an open-valve time based on the ambient temperature measurement by looking up the ambient temperature measurement in the open-time versus temperature database and determining the open-valve time associated with the ambient temperature measurement, the open-valve time being a duration of time the valve module is in an open position.