SBIR/STTR Research Award
ELECTRICAL-MECHANICAL AUTOMATIC INFLATOR FOR LIFE PRESERVERS
Award amount
$217,565Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1987Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- Nkf Engineering, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE OBJECTIVE OF THE ELECTRO-MECHANICAL INFLATOR PROGRAM IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF A WATER ACTIVATED AUTOMATIC INFLATOR FOR LIFE PRESERVERS. IT WILL HAVE AN ELECTRICAL WATER IMMERSION CIRCUIT WHICH ACTIVATES A MECHANICAL DEVICE TO RELEASE CO(2) FROM THE CARTRIDGE. THE DEVICE IS TO HAVE THE LOW COST AND EASY MAINTENANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF SOLUBLE MATERIAL AUTOMATIC INFLATORS WITH THE HIGH RELIABILITY OF SQUID TYPE AUTOMATIC INFLATORS.
Technology keywords
Not reported