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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7997535 | Life parachute especially for ultra-lightweight aircrafts A life parachute for ultra-lightweight aircrafts or for lightweight aircrafts includes a canopy of the parachute fitted with a pole opening and at least some wedge-shaped section of the canopy at the top half of its height is fitted with a discharge valve of air fro... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7494093 | Wing having a negative dihedron for towing a load The wing (10) having a negative dihedron for towing a load comprises a flexible canopy (12) which is defined between two lateral ends (14A, 14B) which are connected to each other, at the front, by a leading edge and, at the rear, by a tra... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7374133 | Wing having a negative dihedron for towing a load The wing (10) having a negative dihedron for towing a load comprises a flexible canopy (12) which is defined between two lateral ends (14A, 14B) which are connected to each other, at the front, by a leading edge (20) and, at the re... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7338016 | Multi-grommet retained slider for parachutes A reefing slider for providing improved line management and canopy deployment characteristics of a ram air inflated airfoil type canopy. During initial descent of the parachute the slider, secured by fastening elements, is held against the canopy in the upper reefin... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7309049 | Orbital debris shield An orbital debris shield for protecting the hull of a spacecraft. The shield is comprised of a number of flexible and releasably attached gores that substantially cover the hull. Interleafed between layers of the gores are layers of a spacing material. As debris col... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7293742 | Reefing assembly for a circular parachute A reefing assembly for a circular parachute having a canopy including a skirt portion, and suspension lines attached to the skirt portion. The assembly includes a tension structure bounding a central opening and having a plurality of straight segments. A plurality o... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7287481 | Launch and retrieval arrangement for an aerodynamic profile element and an aerodynamic profile element The invention relates to an aerodynamic profile element for energy production using traction force, in particular for driving watercraft. The invention further relates to a launch and retrieval arrangement for a profile element, and a drive arrangement for a watercr... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7275720 | Actively cooled ceramic thermal protection system An apparatus and method for thermal protection is provided. A thermal protection apparatus includes a porous layer attached to an inner structural member requiring thermal protection. The porous layer serves as both a cooling air plenum and a transpiring medium. The... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7275719 | Wind drive apparatus for an aerial wind power generation system Wind driven apparatus for an aerial power generation system include driven elements and controls. The driven elements are configured and shaped to provide maximum force from both lift and drag during the downwind phase of operation and minimum force during the upwin... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7261258 | Cruciform parachute design An improved cruciform-type parachute is provided for aerial delivery of cargo, with a center panel shaped as a square or other regular polygon, and first lens-shaped panels conjoined to each edge of the center panel. The first lens-shaped panels are formed of two ci... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7222819 | Aircraft ram air inlet with multi-member closure flap A ram air inlet includes a channel with an intake in a wing leading edge, front and rear flaps arranged in the channel for selectively closing or opening the channel, and an actuator connected to the flaps. A front end of the front flap is pivotably connected by a f... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7178762 | Reinforcing material for parachutes and methods for reinforcing parachutes A parachute is formed using a non-woven composite material. The non-woven composite material is formed by fusing a plurality of mono-filament fibers between thin layers of plastic. The non-woven material may be used as reinforcing tapes or as parachute lines in conn... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7172158 | Ram air parachute canopy with trapezoidal cells The canopy of the ram air parachute of the present invention has cells which are trapezoidal in shape. The non-loaded ribs of the canopy are shorter in height than the loaded ribs. The different height ribs results in tensioning of the bottom skin and transfer of fo... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7104504 | Inflatable wing with active canopy profile control An aerodynamic wing formed by a flexible canopy with an internally routed canopy line for controlling the canopy profile. Preferably, the canopy line is routed through a gatherable tube secured to the trailing edge of the canopy. Tensioning the canopy line alters th... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7097134 | Wing device for sporting activities A human body attached wing device (20) for use during downhill alpine activities such as skiing and snowboarding. Wing device (20) includes independently operable, mirror image, left and right wings (24) and (26), which may be joined to a... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7093803 | Apparatus and method for aerodynamic wing Aerodynamic wing to propel a broad range of transport means, principally sail craft. The wing provides a single layer kite structure capable of flying without surface discontinuity, bridles, or rigid or semi-rigid structure. All stresses within the wing are converte... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7090169 | Retaining clamp for alignment of risers when packing a parachute A retaining clamp for alignment of risers when packing a parachute is disclosed. The retaining clamp comprises a base with three prongs defining bores for receiving and engaging large rings of three-ring release assemblies (three-ring release assemblies are used for... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7070523 | Pre-manufactured traditional-style lacrosse pocket A pre-manufactured or pre-formed pocket. The pocket can be secured using cross lace pieces and either runners or throat tie downs can be attached to the frame. Generally, the runners are made of a top runner piece and a bottom runner piece that are stitched together... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7051973 | Airborne enhancement device An airborne enhancement device comprises a harness adapted to secure to a body of a user. A collar is coupled to the harness. A wing is coupled to the collar by at least one structural member. The wing is adjustably deployable. The wing is configured to adjust betwe... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7014149 | Traction kite design An arch style traction kite which includes a wing or wing envelope which has a leading edge which, when viewed in plan with the wing or envelope laid in a horizontal plane, is concave in a centre section of the wing or envelope and straight or convex in plan near th... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7000872 | Circular parachute A circular parachute includes a circularly shaped canopy having a skirt band and a plurality of cascaded, Y-shaped main suspension lines connected to the skirt band that converge downwardly to a suspension line junction. Each main suspension line includes a lower se... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6994295 | Quonset type parachute A novel parachute design is presented that is distinguished by having inverted-gores, producing a parachute having a unique shape, which can be, selectively, either ballistic or gliding and steerable, in addition to having a selectively variable rate of descent. Mor... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6966854 | Pre-manufactured traditional-style lacrosse pocket The present invention discloses a pre-manufactured or pre-formed pocket. The present pocket is secured using cross lace pieces and either runners or throat tie downs to be attached to the frame. Generally, the runners are made of a top runner piece and a bottom runn... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6962308 | Control unit for controlling paragliders, unlatching apparatus for triggering a flaring maneuver to be conducted by a load-bearing paraglider system, and a paraglider system A load-bearing paraglider system includes a load-bearing paraglider with a trailing edge, paraglider straps that connect the load-bearing paraglider with a control unit, and a load suspended on the load-bearing paraglider using load-bearing straps. At least one flar... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6959897 | Low cost parachute A parachute includes first strips of fabric configurable to define a pattern wherein the first strips are separated from each other and extend parallel to each other, and second strips of fabric configurable to further define the pattern wherein the second strips ar... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6929221 | Ram air parachute with tensioned top skin An improved ram air canopy is disclosed having a top skin formed of a plurality of substantially rectangular top skin pieces. Each top skin piece has areas of reduced width at predetermined locations. The areas of reduced width result in a specific tension pattern o... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6904855 | Patchwork fabric article and method A textile fabric comprising a plurality of pieces of fabric material cut into strips, which are then placed adjacent to one another and interlaced. The interlaced strips are situated transverse of one another and allow for overlapping edges. Recessed from these edge... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6886785 | RAM air parachute with multistage deployment A ram air parachute of the present invention includes specific cross porting of the ribs between certain cells to create a two-stage or multi-stage deployment. Cross ports between certain sets of cells have reduced or no conductance. In this manner, the center cells... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6824098 | VTOL parafoil aircraft An aircraft is provided having an inflatable parafoil canopy wing and a suspended fuselage. The wing is constructed such that, when inflated, it has an airfoil configuration having leading and trailing edges, thereby producing lift by interaction with air encountere... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6805324 | Alternate methods of parachute construction A novel parachute and method of manufacturing can be performed quickly and inexpensively. The parachute comprises a canopy having a plurality of gores with interior and exterior sides, and a pocket on the interior side of the gores formed either with folded or gathe... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6769649 | Ram air parachute canopy with improved nose structure The ram air parachute has restrictions on the inlets to the cells to reduce drag during flight and to reduce opening forces. The restrictions include triangular sections blocking portions of the inlets. The triangular sections may be positioned at loaded and non-loa... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6769650 | Parachutes A parachute has a canopy and rigging lines with skirt assist lines connected between a point on each rigging line adjacent a lower edge of the canopy and a point on the interior of the canopy spaced from the lower edge. The arrangement is such that a portion of the ... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6726150 | Method and apparatus for stiffener reinforcement of a ram air parachute canopy The present invention provides a method and apparatus for reinforcing the nose of a deployable, ram air parachute. Stiffeners, formed of a super-elastic alloy, are attached to the ribs of the parachute canopy at the nose. The stiffeners can be easily crushed for pac... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6669146 | Method for providing gliding and trajectory control of a parachute cluster assembly A parachute cluster assembly includes a first round parachute having a first canopy of radially extending first gores, and a second round parachute having a second canopy of radially extending second gores. Adjacent ones of the first gores are joined alon... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6565042 | Emergency parachute An emergency parachute 1 comprises an umbrellalike body 10 which has an outer cloth 11 and an inner cloth 12 and is formed as a bag, an inflator 15 which is inserted in an opening part 121 of the inner cloth 12 and fills a gas into the umbrellalike body 1... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6520453 | Rough terrain cargo parachute assembly A rough terrain cargo parachute assembly includes a canopy defining four tubular sleeves equidistantly disposed on an external surface of the canopy when the canopy is deployed, each of the sleeves having an opening at a hem line of the canopy and being i... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6503119 | Parachute toy A rectangular shaped parachute toy, designed to suggest a modern day parafoil, but constructed with a single fabric layer canopy, for simplicity and more rapid opening of the chute. This invention, incorporates the use of two oversized shrouds, each leadi... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6454213 | Parachute with enhanced pocket bands A parachute with enhanced pocket bands positioned adjacent the points of securement of suspension lines and radial lines with respect to the lower edge of the canopy of the parachute wherein the pocket bands are oriented angularly with respect to the radi... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6443396 | Cruciform parachute with arms attached An improved cruciform or cross parachute is formed by attaching the adjacent edges of the lateral arms to each other to form a three-dimensional canopy, when inflated, which is substantially square at the top and substantially round at the lower edge. The... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6364251 | Airwing structure The airwing structure according to the present invention comprises of an airfoil structure, a main frame, and a means for providing a downward and a forward tension on the airfoil structure. The airfoil structure further comprises of a leading edge, a tra... | 04/02/2002 |
