Patents by Inventor Randall J. Martin

Randall J. Martin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Emergency egress system for aircraft
    Patent number: 5826824
    Abstract: An emergency egress system (10) for facilitating emergency egress of passengers/crewmembers from an aircraft (4), which egress system (10) includes an egress panel (12), a panel frame (14) disposed about the egress panel (12) and a weather strip (16) defining back-to-back channels (18) for accepting the peripheral edges (12.sub.E, 14.sub.E) of the egress panel (12) and the panel frame (14). Furthermore, the emergency egress system (10) includes a plurality of retention devices (30) disposed about the periphery of the egress panel (12) for laterally retaining the egress panel (12) with respect to the panel frame (14) in a normal operating mode, a cam (80) operative to forcibly urge a portion of the weather strip (16) out of engagement with one of the peripheral edges (12.sub.E, 14.sub.E) and an actuation device (50) operative to sequentially disengage at least one of the retention devices (30) and actuate the cam (80) in an emergency operating mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
    Inventors: Randall J. Martin, Thomas J. Toner
  • Knife
    Patent number: D578856
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: KAI U.S.A., Ltd.
    Inventor: Randall J. Martin