Patent ID: 11873108
Assignee: AMI INDUSTRIES, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A drogue bridle separation assembly, comprising:
a housing defining a riser channel and a fastener opening; and
a pyrotechnic fastener configured to extend through the fastener opening and the riser channel, the pyrotechnic fastener including a charge configured to undergo an exothermic reaction in response to an electrical signal, wherein the pyrotechnic fastener includes a fastener body, wherein the fastener body defines a chamber configured to receive gas produced by the exothermic reaction, wherein the pyrotechnic fastener is configured to sever in a first region of the fastener body and in a second region of the fastener body in response to the exothermic reaction;
a bushing configured to be received in the riser channel, wherein the bushing defines a fastener channel configured to receive the pyrotechnic fastener, wherein the first region corresponds to a first end of the bushing, wherein the second region corresponds to a second end of the bushing, and wherein a first length of a central portion of the fastener body is approximately equal to a second length of the bushing, the first length of the central portion of the fastener body measured between the first region and the second region, the second length of the bushing measured between a first end of the bushing and a second end of the bushing.