EJECTION DEVICE AND AIR VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME

• Main Authors: ASHIDA SHOICHI, OI TOSHIMUNE, OTSUBO HIDEKI, FUKUMOTO MAIKO, YAGIHASHI YASUHIKO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 21.05.2020
• Subjects: AEROPLANES; AIRCRAFT; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS; EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLYING SUITS; HELICOPTERS; PARACHUTES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

To provide an ejection device which has a simple structure and yet enables a parachute etc. to be deployed smoothly during deployment and an ejected object including the parachute etc. to be easily stored during manufacturing (assembly), and to provide an air vehicle including the ejection device.SOLUTION: An ejection device 100 includes: a piston member 10; a cylinder 14 which stores the piston member 10 and is provided with a hole part 13 for allowing the piston member 10 to protrude outward (an upward direction in Fig. 1) during operation; a push-up member 15 which is pushed up in one direction (the upward direction in Fig. 1) by the piston member 10; an ejected object 16 which is supported and pushed up by the push-up member 15; a gas generator (a micro gas generator etc.) 17 serving as a power source which moves the piston member 10 in the cylinder 14; and a housing vessel 18 which houses the piston member 10, the cylinder 14, the push-up member 15, the ejected object 16, and the gas generator 17 and has a cylindrical shape with a closed bottom.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】簡易な構成でありながら、展開時にスムーズにパラシュート等を展開できるだけでなく、製造時（組立時）にパラシュート等を含む射出物を従来よりも収納しやすい射出装置および当該射出装置を備える飛行体を提供する。【解決手段】射出装置１００は、ピストン部材１０と、当該ピストン部材１０を収容し、作動時に当該ピストン部材１０が外方（図１では上方向）に突出するための孔部１３が設けられたシリンダ１４と、ピストン部材１０により一方向（図１では上方向）に押し上げられる押し上げ部材１５と、当該押し上げ部材１５により支持されつつ押し上げられる射出物１６と、ピストン部材１０をシリンダ１４内で移動させる動力源としてのガス発生器（マイクロガスジェネレータ等）１７と、ピストン部材１０、シリンダ１４、押し上げ部材１５、射出物１６、およびガス発生器１７を収容する有底円筒状の収容器１８と、を備えている。【選択図】図１