Patent ID: 8978778
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: A62C

Abstract:
1. A fire extinguishing system for an airplane, the system comprising: at least one extinguishing agent storage unit with an activatable closing device, the at least one extinguishing agent storage unit storing an extinguishing agent, the closing device capable of being activated to provide an outflow of the extinguishing agent from the at least one extinguishing agent storage unit; a supply line connected with the closing device and at least one outlet opening located in a cargo hold of the airplane, the supply line capable of conducting the extinguishing agent from the at least one extinguishing agent storage unit to the at least one outlet opening, so as to eject the extinguishing agent from the at least one opening for fighting fire in the cargo hold; one or more sensor systems capable of determining a current airplane state based on one or more parameters that indicate whether engines of the airplane are turned off and a cargo hold door of the cargo hold is open; and a control unit connected with the closing device and a manually actuatable input element, the control unit capable of automatically controlling the closing device in connection with the outflow of the extinguishing agent from the at least one extinguishing agent storage as a function of the current airplane state in relation to prespecified airplane states, determined at a time of a manual actuation of the input element in connection with the activation of the closing device.