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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6837463 | Ram air inflated wing A wing for a traction kite, etc comprises a plurality of cells formed by chordwise-extending ribs (3), valved openings (6) to the cells allowing ram air to inflate the wing. By changing the initial cut-out of the material forming the cells near wing ti... | 01/04/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6676084 | Small-sized radio-controlled flying device A small radio controlled flying device propelled by a thermal engine (20) with pusher type airscrew (19) for remote sensing, the device being capable of short take-off and landing and flying at maximum speed of 35 Km/h. The device includes a pod and wings... | 01/13/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6322021 | Deployable wing with propulsion for range extension A deployable wing that is folded so as to fit into a carrier such as an airplane that is released and automatically with the aid of parachutes to deploy and fly a given distance without assistance other than steering to reach a given destination and a pro... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6131856 | Parachute trajectory control A parachute has its suspension lines divided into groups, each group connected to the load through a linear actuator. During descent of the parachute, foreshortening of an actuator or of any group of adjacent actuators causes the parachute trajectory to m... | 10/17/2000 |
| 5620153 | Light aircraft with inflatable parachute wing propelled by a ducted propeller A para-plane (parachute or parafoil airplane), ultralight, or the like is provided with a ducted propeller or fan to increase efficiency of the powerplant, thus reducing the size of the powerplant required. In addition, the duct may reduce propeller and/o... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5530445 | Parafoil-borne distress signals Distress signal kits comprise a parafoil for carrying aloft various emergency or distress signals such as radar reflective materials, lights, flares, distress flags or smoke signals. Preferably the parafoil itself is colored International orange and conta... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5388786 | Escape apparatus An object of the invention is to provide an escape apparatus which enables persons to promptly escape from an elevated place such as a building and an aircraft, and is easy to handle. An aerial floating flier such as airfoil or a parachute is folded and c... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5368259 | Dual leading edge ram air air foil A ram air wind power device. Parallel chambers of a sail fabricated from flexible material provide structure to the sail when filled with ram air. The chambers have openings at each end and each opening contains a valve. The openings to the parallel chamb... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5362017 | Parawing A self-inflatable parawing comprises an airfoil made of a flexible sheet erial and having a plurality of apertures located in the lower, aft surface thereof for admitting inflating air created by the positive air pressure of the air stream flowing over t... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5174529 | RAM air multi-cell wing type canopy An improved ram air, multi-cell wing type canopy with suspension flares has its lower surface shortened to provide an enlarged inlet; one flare is directly attached to its upper surface. A modification has a channel provided to direct air flow over the up... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5160100 | Airfoil canopy aircraft An aircraft comprises a vehicle (1) suspended in flight by a steering control rod (68) pivotally mounted to the body of the vehicle and having outer ends (12, 14) connected to the lower ends of load suspension lines (3, 5, 6) connected at their upper ends... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5102071 | Vehicle, especially air or water vehicle A vehicle, especially an air vehicle or water vehicle, is described which has at least one wing. This wing includes an upper and/or a lower wing covering as well as an area provided at the wing which is movable between a first position in which the air or... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5078335 | Device making it possible to convert a motorcycle into a motorized ultralight aircraft The device comprises an arch-like structure (3), shaped similar to a cage, which can be fixed to the motorcycle (1), essentially to its frame and sides; a parafoil sail (5), which can be mounted at the top of the cage, the sail ends being lowerable by a p... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5044576 | Parawing with an automatic canopy withdrawing mechanism Disclosed is a parawing with an automatic canopy withdrawing mechanism having a canopy, a frame to which the canopy is fastened and on which a pilot can be carried, a propeller mounted on the frame, and a plurality rows of suspension lines interconnecting... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5033698 | Guided kite with stable yet adjustable curve profile The curve profile of the front edge of an air-filled wing or sports kite of a type which is guided from the ground is maintained without the use of any bracing system. This curve profile, which is very important in determining the flight characteristic of... | 07/23/1991 |
| 5029777 | Seat harness for parachute of the type having a flexible wing Retention apparatus for a parachutist to a parachute of the type having a flexible wing having casings. The apparatus includes a retention assembly adapted to retain the parachutist, and a device for piloting permitting the parachutist to modify the shape... | 07/09/1991 |
| 4934630 | Powered airfoil canopy aircraft Load lines connect chordwise spaced portions of a ram air inflated, airfoil canopy to spaced anchors connected to a pilot supporting vehicle frame on which a forward thrust producing unit is removably mounted. The geometry of the assembled aircraft enhanc... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4930724 | Powered airfoil canopy aircraft Load lines connect chordwise spaced portions of a ram air inflated, airfoil canopy to spaced anchors connected to a pilot supporting vehicle frame on which a forward thrust producing unit is removably mounted. The geometry of the assembled aircraft enhanc... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4928909 | Elliptical ram air pressurized airfoil parachute An improved parachute utilizing a ram air design and having an upper surface connected to a lower surface by a plurality of rib members and forming a plurality of chambers therebetween. The end chambers are smaller than the center chambers and this increa... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4901945 | Hybrid wing assembly A hybrid wing assembly is made up of a load supporting center frame with laterally outwardly extending, articulated, wing sections. A parafoil is attached to the wing sections by flexible lines in flight, and rigid rods hold the parafoil in spaced relatio... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4875642 | Light aircraft with parachute wing A light aircraft having a parachute-wing, a single propeller, and means for controlling the direction and speed of the aircraft by simple control lines to the canopy. The carriage is supported by at least two support lines which are secured at attachment ... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4860970 | Nonrigid wing aircraft An aircraft includes a nonrigid dynamically inflated airfoil wing which carries an operator. The operator is suspended by a plurality of shrouds which interconnect the wing to a control stick. The control stick position is varied to change the angle of at... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4811920 | Aerial device A load carrying aerial device having an inflatable component which is inflatable from a collapsed configuration to an inflated aerofoil configuration and which is maintained inflated in flight by air introduced into the component through an air intake as ... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4634080 | Parafoil vertical lift mechanism The invention is an improved method and device for utilizing the principles of lift achieved through the dynamic physics of the airfoil. In the case of the present invention, the airfoil utilized is a parafoil. The parafoil of the present invention is a m... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4424945 | Parafoil A parafoil for supporting a flying machine, which parafoil has a forwardly extending central section open at the front to scoop in air during flight, and wings attached to the rear of the central section and which receive air into the interior thereof eit... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4408737 | Method and apparatus enabling a horizontal landing of a flying body A flying body such as an aircraft or a re-entry vehicle is enabled to land substantially horizontally with the aid of one or several glider parachutes also referred to as paragliders, which are stored in an upper body zone and ejected during the landing. ... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4406433 | Leading edge inlet for ram air pressurized airfoil The air scoop opening at the leading edge of a flexible, ram-air inflated airfoil canopy, is framed between curved lip sections extending tangentially from the upper and lower surface members of the canopy to prevent airflow separation adjacent the leadin... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4403755 | Method and apparatus for use in harnessing solar energy to provide initial acceleration and propulsion of devices The present invention relates to a method of providing thrust and added lift to a vehicle by accelerating fluid heated by solar energy. The present invention also relates to apparatus for carrying out the aforementioned method. Accordingly, the present in... | 09/13/1983 |
| 4399969 | Gliding parachute A gliding parachute of the flexible, multi-cell airfoil type having a length to width ratio in the range of approximately 2:1 to 2.85:1, a maximum camber height to chord ratio in the range of approximately 0.1:1 to 0.2:1, a wing span to load attachment di... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4389031 | Parachute A generally flat ram air parachute having a central recess with a high lower skin angle. The major suspension lines along the leading edge portion increase in length outwardly to either side of the center of the leading edge. The angle of the lower skin a... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4363458 | Airfoil structure An airfoil structure including an elongate hollow container which, in use provides an airfoil cross-section between the longer edge regions of the container. A space is provided for so stiffening the leading edge region, that when the structure is in use ... | 12/14/1982 |
| 4191349 | Parachute having an improved multi-cell canopy The multi-cell canopy of the gliding wing type comprises an upper wall and a lower wall interconnected by ribs forming partition wall defining parallel cells open on the leading edge of the wing. Parachute control lines are secured to the trailing edge fo... | 03/04/1980 |
| 4175722 | Control system for ram air gliding parachute A system for inducing turns in ram air canopy parachutes having a plurality of openings in the upper surface layer of the parachute canopy with the openings being equally distributed on opposite sides of the parachute centerline. Flaps are provided on the... | 11/27/1979 |
