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Abstract

An ejector seat device for aircraft includes a support structure which is adapted to be mounted in an aircraft and which can be ejected in an emergency, a seat connected to the support structure, a harness system which is capable of keeping a person in the seat and which comprises a recall device to immobilize the person in a suitable position at the moment of ejection, at least one pyrotechnical catapult capable of ejecting the support structure and the seat, together with a person sitting on the seat, out of the aircraft, a device for at least weakening the aircraft canopy by shock wave, a control handle, and an initiator connector to the handle for transforming a pull on the handle into a pyrotechnical signal. The pyrotechnical signal from the handle is transmitted in the form of a shock wave to the harness recall device and to the catapult.

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