Patents by Inventor ROBERT J. BIRO

ROBERT J. BIRO 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).

  • SLIDE DESIGN WITH INTEGRATED EXTENSION TUBE PORTIONS
    Publication number: 20210122481
    Abstract: An evacuation slide that improves beam strength and exit characteristics. Providing an additional tube at the runway end of the slide helps maintain the elevation at the runway end of the slide and supports the end of the slide under load, which facilitates evacuees' ability to easily stand and move away from the runway end of the slide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Robert J. Biro, Andreas P. Luethi
  • Off wing slide ramp
    Patent number: 10654575
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to slide ramps designed for use with an aircraft exit door positioned near or over a wing of the aircraft. The embodiments provide a plurality of tubular structures comprising differing diameters and tapering lengths. The tubular structures form a ramp that transitions aircraft evacuees from the wing to the evacuation slide. The resulting ramp helps provide an even exit surface along a sloped/angled wing, and with respect to the angled wing/fuselage connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Air Cruisers Company, LLC
    Inventor: Robert J. Biro
  • Restraints principally for inflatable evacuation systems
    Patent number: 9296484
    Abstract: Detailed are restraints intended principally (but not necessarily exclusively) for inflatable evacuation slides or rafts. At least one such restraint may be designed to release based on geometric shape of an object (such as a slide) rather than merely as a function of its inflation pressure or length. One version of this type of restraint includes a connector pin attached to a cord, with tensioning of the cord eventually retracting the pin to effect release of the restraint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Air Cruisers Company
    Inventor: Robert J. Biro
  • RESTRAINTS PRINCIPALLY FOR INFLATABLE EVACUATION SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20130200217
    Abstract: Detailed are restraints intended principally (but not necessarily exclusively) for inflatable evacuation slides or rafts. At least one such restraint may be designed to release based on geometric shape of an object (such as a slide) rather than merely as a function of its inflation pressure or length. One version of this type of restraint includes a connector pin attached to a cord, with tensioning of the cord eventually retracting the pin to effect release of the restraint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: AIR CRUISERS COMPANY
    Inventor: ROBERT J. BIRO