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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8074934 | Interlock reserve parachute deployment system A device, system and method of reserve parachute deployment comprising; a reserve bridle 2 connecting the reserve deployment bag 5 to the reserve pilot chute 4, and a lanyard 3 connecting the main parachute 1 to the reserve bridle ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8006936 | Parachute deployment control In one form of the invention, a deployment control for releasing a rocket recovery device such as a parachute includes an electrical heating element extensible along a heat-severable reach of an elongate retainer capable of being wrapped closely about the recovery d... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7419122 | Combined skirt-reefing and slider method for controlled parachute opening A parachute system having a parachute canopy having a skirt, and a plurality of gores spaced about the skirt. The plurality of gores is defined by first and second groups of gores. The parachute system includes a slider having a plurality of through-holes, a line lo... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7416158 | Continuous disreefing apparatus for parachute A continuous disreefing apparatus has a sleeve that has a diameter and is made from a flexible, resilient material that allows the sleeve to diametrically contract when the sleeve is under tension and to diametrically relax when such tension is substantially reduced... | 08/26/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7234667 | Modular aerospace plane This invention relates to the design of a Modular Aerospace Plane (MAP) comprising a forward fuselage section, a main wing section, a tail section and wing attachments. Various sections can be integrated to offer a variety of aircraft characteristics, performance an... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7201348 | Cruise missile recovery system A cruise missile recovery system, for capturing a flying cruise missile and for guiding the cruise missile to a landing spot. The cruise missile recovery system has an intercept device for capturing the flying cruise missile, a radio-controlled parafoil connected to... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7178761 | Container apparatus for object to be dropped A container apparatus for an object to be dropped, which contains an object to be dropped functioning as a point marker or a hydrographic conditions measuring device or the like and is dropped by a transport airplane such as an aircraft flying in the air to a water ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7059570 | Aerial delivery device A guided aerial delivery device which can be used to safely and accurately deliver a payload and supplies from an aircraft in flight to a specific target location in a reduced time. The aerial delivery device uses an overloaded ram-air drogue parachute controlled by... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7036423 | Released control release mechanism in particular for use in the space industry The invention concerns a device forming a mechanism, in particular for use in the space industry, characterised in that it comprises in combination: two structural elements (100, 200) capable of relative displacement, locking means (300) adapted to pre... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7028951 | Parachute reefing system The present invention is directed to a parachute reefing system having a flexible ring section. The flexible ring section has a circumference. The reefing system includes a plurality of equidistantly spaced loops attached to the flexible ring section and a plurality... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6973928 | Tank retaining device A tank retaining device for inhibiting a scuba tank from slipping downwardly in reference to a buoyancy control device. The tank retaining device includes a ring member having a diameter smaller than a scuba tank designed for abutting a bottom the of the scuba tank,... | 12/13/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6953173 | Automatic releasing device for a parachute A device for the automatic opening of a parachute, comprising a casing (1) closed with a lid (2), in which are located the means (3, 14) for electronically sensing the altitude of the parachute during the jump and the time and falling speed, and... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6942185 | Pneumatic riser release An automated quick release mechanism for a three ring release includes a pneumatic or hydraulic cylinder with a hardened metal pin. The pin engages a string loop of the three ring release. An internal spring holds the pin in an extended position. A controller extern... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6805323 | Pneumatic parachute riser control An automatic controlled parachute includes a parachute canopy, a flight controller and risers connecting the canopy to the flight controller. Pneumatic actuators are connected along the risers. The flight controller operates the pneumatic actuators to control the le... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6712317 | Aerial cargo container with deceleration and orientation assembly An aerial cargo container is described that includes a cargo box with a plurality of hinged rotor blades having a stowed position against the sides of the box and a deployed position extending outwardly from the box, and a deceleration and orientation assembly to sl... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6705572 | Emergency low altitude parachute wherein canopy is deployed and inflated prior to use The present invention 10 discloses an emergency low altitude parachute having a parachute canopy 28 that inflates by the introduction of compressed gas. A compressed gas canister 30 is located within the housing of the inflatable portion of the ... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6655636 | Product wrapping incorporating air drag device A system is provided for slowing the speed of a product released into the air from an aircraft. A flexible material wrapped about a product includes a tethered portion thereof that is collapsible against the product prior to release thereof from the aircr... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6651934 | Rescue system for rescuing persons by air A rescue system for rescuing persons by air, particularly from tall buildings or airplanes, has a receptacle with at least one parachute or paraglider. A harness for the parachute or paraglider is connected to the receptacle. The receptacle is constructed... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6511019 | Short-haul escape system and method A short-haul escape system includes an elongated line for detachable suspension from a support member on an airborne vehicle, a load-carrying receptacle attached to an end of the line, a container attachable to the airborne vehicle in proximity to the sup... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6511018 | Air drop container assembly An air drop container assembly for providing an improved air-drop container for the military and emergency operations. The air drop container assembly includes a container having a top wall, a bottom wall, side walls, and a plurality of compartments dispo... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6471160 | Method for deploying a parachute on a drone A flying drone includes a flight control computer, a parachute system with a parachute, a power supply system, a propulsion system, and an actuating drive system, without any of these systems being redundantly duplicated. To prevent uncontrolled crashing ... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6382564 | Flexible linkage system for environmentally sealed parachutes and other safety devices A flexible linkage system for connecting an environmentally sealed apparatus such as a parachute system to an external apparatus such as a parachute harness, the system comprising an internal link and an external link. The internal link is completely with... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6378808 | Device for releasing a parachute The present invention relates to a parachute release device provided to be mounted on a parachute, which parachute is provided to be attached to an object. The device has a data processing system having a release signal output and a memory provided for st... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6354539 | Parachute with active deployment A parachute for decelerating an object is provided which includes a parachute canopy having an apex and a base and rigging lines attached to the base and attached to the object. The parachute canopy and the rigging lines are configured as a reefed pack wi... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6328263 | Parachute assembly A parachute assembly includes a canopy central panel of square configuration, a rectangular canopy outboard arm fixed to each side edge of the canopy central panel and extendible outwardly therefrom to form a cross configuration, each of the canopy outboa... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6302359 | Free fall payload distribution device and method A device and method of use for opening a container during descent so that objects within the container may be dispersed over a controlled ground area. The device includes a housing with a parachute canopy contained within. A sling is attached to the canop... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6257524 | Mechanical dereefer A mechanical dereefer comprises a frame having a housing end with a joining wall and spaced plates extending from the joining wall to define a L shaped bifurcated end. A latch is mounted between the plates for pivotal movement between a capture position, ... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6234425 | Release fitting for balloons A release fitting for releasably holding at least one line to at least one item, the release fitting having a first body part, a second body part, and a third body part, the first and second body parts pivotably secured to the third body part, a bolt with... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6220547 | Large scale parafoil apparatus with an energy attenuator for controlling initial deployment A large scale parafoil apparatus which makes use of an energy attenuator positioned between the initially deployed drogue parachute and the parafoil for controlling the initial stages of deployment thereof and significantly reducing rebound to enhance the... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6199800 | Deployment device for parachutes Disclosed is a low-drag/high-speed pilot chute which is attached to a bridle cord, and a high-drag/low-speed pilot chute which is attached with a weak link to the bridle cord. In a low-speed deployment scenario, the high-drag pilot chute provides enough d... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6199799 | Parachute device for helicopters A parachute device for a helicopter includes a canopy confining case having a stationary casing part, and a removable casing part mounted removably on the stationary casing part. The stationary and removable casing parts cooperatively form a compartment t... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6164595 | Helium actuated airplane parachute A helium actuated airplane parachute including an airplane having a rectangular compartment formed therein with an associated top opening. A flexible inelastic parachute is included having a closed hemispherical configuration with an open bottom having a ... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6056242 | Parachute release apparatus and method A parachute releasing apparatus is operable with a reserve static line for automatically releasing one riser after failure of a second riser, thus avoiding entanglement of the main parachute with the reserve parachute. First and second risers of the main ... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5921504 | Aircraft passenger extraction system An aircraft passenger extraction system having a fuselage and a tail section removably attached to the fuselage. A plurality of interconnected passenger modules are removably disposed within the fuselage. Four I-beam rails are longitudinally mounted about... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5921503 | Assistant landing device of a troubled airplane The assistant landing device of a troubled airplane of the present invention comprises a storing chamber under the front end of the airplane, which has a freely opened door, and a strengthen network the front end of which is connected with the airplane bo... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5887825 | Multi-stage parachute release A parachute release mechanism is provided which is compact, lightweight, and free from external wire harnesses. The release mechanism includes a passage connected between a source of pressurized gas and a piston chamber having a piston disposed therein. A... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5836544 | Emergency soft-landing system for rotor-type aircraft An emergency soft-landing system (10) for use on a rotor-type aircraft such as a helicopter (70). The system (10) includes at least one parachute-containing structure (12) that houses at least one parachute (50). The structure (12) is designed to be selec... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5826827 | Air-chute safety system An air-chute safety system (10) for an aircraft (12) having a fuselage (14) with a cockpit (16) and a tail end (18), and a pair of wings (20) with engines (22). The system (10) comprises a plurality of drag parachutes (24) stored in and deployed from the ... | 10/27/1998 |
