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US 10,518,888 B2Granted
Cinched parachute
AssigneeKitty Hawk Corporation
InventorsDamon Vander Lind, Cameron Robertson
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Abstract
A cinched parachute is disclosed. In various embodiments, a cinched parachute as disclosed herein includes a canopy comprising one or more sections of canopy material, and a device integrated with the canopy that controls dimensions of the canopy material. For example, in some embodiments the device may be used to control the size of an opening atop the parachute.
Claims21
A cinched parachute, comprising:
- a canopy comprising one or more sections of canopy material, wherein at least one projectile is coupled to a first panel of the canopy and at least one projectile is coupled to a second panel of the canopy;
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- a device integrated with the canopy that controls dimensions of the canopy material in response to deployment of the at least one projectile coupled to the first panel of the canopy and the at least one projectile coupled to the second panel of the canopy, wherein deployment of the at least one projectile coupled to the first panel of the canopy and the at least one projectile coupled to the second panel of the canopy is in different directions to widen an opening atop the parachute and tows the parachute away from an aircraft in which the parachute is provided.
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