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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8118262 | Hybrid parachute A hybrid parachute, method of deploying a parachute and method of landing a payload. The hybrid parachute utilizes a reefing system that provides for the initial deployment of a deceleration stage that is configured to withstand the stresses of high-speed and/or hig... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8096509 | Parachute inlet control system and method A parachute inlet control system is configured to provide an improved inflation profile for solo and/or clustered parachutes. An inlet parachute is coupled to a main parachute via a plurality of lacing loops and/or reefing rings. The lacing loops may be passed throu... | 01/17/2012 |
| 7871043 | Method for parachute reefing control A method for controlling the drag area growth of a parachute canopy during airborne descent with sensors attached to the payload for facilitating modification of the schedule of release of a parachute canopy reefing mechanism. A control processor is included that ca... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7703720 | Method and apparatus for parachute reefing control An apparatus for controlling the drag area growth of a parachute canopy during airborne descent with sensors attached to the payload for facilitating modification of the schedule of release of a parachute canopy reefing mechanism. A control processor is included tha... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7648105 | Deployment brake release for a parachute A deployment brake release system for use with an airborne guidance unit (AGU) of a parachute suitable for precision cargo delivery. The parachute includes deployment brake lines secured at one end to the edge of the canopy and connected at the other end through loo... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7523891 | Safety pre-impact deceleration system for vehicles A safety pre-impact deceleration system for a variety of conveyances includes a parachute structure formed from air bags inflated with gas. Alternatively, the parachute structure includes a canopy with orifices. Air spaces in the parachute structure or orifices in t... | 04/28/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7302340 | High altitude parachute navigation flight computer A navigational computer design for high altitude and other similar navigational needs includes a processor, which receives as input signals from navigational and navigational related sensors such as a GPS, compass, inertial measurement unit and sensors. Processor ut... | 11/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7195205 | Parachute with skirt reefing system A parachute system has a canopy, suspension lines that extend from the canopy skirt to a confluence point, and a center line that is attached to and between the apex of the canopy and the confluence point. A single reefing line cutter is attached to the center line ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7191851 | Unattended ground sensor assembly There is provided a ground sensor assembly adapted for deployment from air to a selected ground location. The ground sensor assembly comprises an aerially deployable sensor housing which has upper and lower housing ends defining a longitudinally elongated aperture t... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7172159 | Parachute steering system A parachute steering system allows load drops to be guided until being landed on a defined target. The steering system includes an upper platform and a lower platform, joined in articulated fashion. The upper platform incorporates a device for fastening the parachut... | 02/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7118073 | Skyhook reserve parachute deployment system A device, system and method of reserve parachute deployment comprised of a body with a top and bottom end, a hook-slot and releasable means of attachment in communication with the hook-slot. The system and method disclose additional components and an operation of th... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7114457 | Wakeboard jump enhancement system A jump enhancement system is provided for use while riding upon a water or snow planing apparatus towed behind a boat or snowmobile. The system includes an aerodynamic lift generator, such as a parachute, coupled to the user. Most preferably, a flotation or padded/i... | 10/03/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7073752 | Automatic reserve or primary parachute activation device An electronic automatic reserve or primary parachute activation device incorporates partial or complete capture of freefaller or tethered parachute jumper kinematics to rapidly and reliable determine when to automatically activate deployment of the primary or reserv... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7066426 | Multimodal, deployable vehicle A multimodal vehicle includes a ground based vehicle with an attached high-capacity airfoil parachute for deployment. The ground based vehicle includes a drive system for use on either land, water or both. Furthermore, the ground based vehicle is sized and dimension... | 06/27/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7048227 | Parachute supported aircraft with controlled wing collapse and inflation This invention relates to a parachute supported aircraft having a frame and a seat for supporting at least a pilot. A parachute is coupled to the frame by a plurality of riser lines for allowing the parachute to inflate and form a wing for lifting the frame. A pair ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7040580 | Automatic activation device for deploying a parachute and methods thereof Methods, systems, and computer program products for an automatic activation device for deploying a parachute are disclosed. The methods and systems include protecting the device from damage from a liquid and may include a filter configured to allow airflow to pass t... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7036771 | Kite safety, control, and rapid depowering apparatus A kite safety, control, and depowering device for a kite having an airfoil with leading and trailing edges, at least two control lines attached to the airfoil and a control flying bar attached to at least two of the control lines. The device features a continuous tr... | 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 |
| 7013745 | Unattended ground sensor assembly There is provided a ground sensor assembly adapted for deployment from air to a selected ground location. The ground sensor assembly comprises an aerially deployable sensor housing which has upper and lower housing ends defining a longitudinally elongated aperture t... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6910434 | Control device for steering kite on a boat A control device for a steering kite on a boat. The steering kite can be steered by a steering device and at least two or three, preferably at least four or five, suspension lines. The control device comprises at least one force introduction rail that extends horizo... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6889942 | Steerable parachute control system and method An autonomous guided parachute system for cargo drops that divides the requirements of guidance and soft landing into separate parachutes. Said invention includes a high wing-loaded ram air parachute for guidance, a larger round parachute for soft landing, a harness... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6869047 | Kite safety device A kite safety device for a kite having an airfoil with leading and trailing edges, at least two control lines attached to the airfoil and a control flying bar attached to at least two of the control lines. The device features a trim line having a hollow central pass... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6843451 | Parachute slider reefing with friction induced retardation A novel parachute slider reefing process enhancement is presented that is distinguished by being significantly less dependent on aerodynamic forces than its predecessors and can, therefore, be designed to perform in a much more precise and predictable manner. This u... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6830220 | Kite control bar with ninety-degree handles and fail-safe release system A Kite Control Bar with Ninety-Degree Handles and Fail-Safe Release System is disclosed. The kite control bar utilizes a metal bar with removable metal handles that are attached to the kit control bar at a ninety-degree angle. The kite control bar also incorporates ... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6808144 | Autonomous payload recovery system A parafoil recovery system capable of autonomously controlling the descent profile of a payload to a recovery area and maneuvering the parafoil to execute a soft landing in the recovery area is disclosed. A descent profile management system determines wind speed and... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6789766 | Cargo drop system with cargo parachute and process for stabilization of a cargo drop system by means of a cargo parachute following the drop from the aircraft Cargo drop system and process (1) with a cargo (2), a cargo parachute (6) and an auxiliary parachute (7), which, by means of at least one ripcord (12; 12a, 12b), connects the auxiliary parachute (7) to t... | 09/14/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6685140 | Miniature, unmanned aircraft with automatically deployed parachute A miniature, unmanned aircraft having a parachute which deploys automatically under certain conditions. The aircraft has a flight control system based on remotely generated signals, potentially achieves relatively high altitude flight for a remotely contr... | 02/03/2004 |
