Patent ID: 8733463
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: A62C

Abstract:
1. A hybrid cargo fire-suppression agent distribution system, comprising: vehicle ducting means operable to distribute at least one fire-suppression agent; at least one stand-alone slow-burning solid propellant gas generator (SPGG) coupled to the vehicle ducting means and operable to burn during a slow-discharge time-frame and generate only directly from the at least one stand-alone slow-burning SPGG an initial burst of a high volume flow of a preliminary fire-suppression agent providing an increased quantity of gas needed to suppress a fire initially; and at least one secondary fire-suppression supply source separate from the stand-alone slow-burning solid propellant gas generator (SPGG) and coupled to the vehicle ducting means and operable to provide a low volume flow of a secondary fire-suppression agent for sustaining suppression of the fire after the initial burst.