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US 11,148,815 B2Granted
Parachutes and methods of making parachutes having equalized confluence insertions
AssigneeGoodrich Corporation
InventorsJaro S. Volny, Kassidy L. Carson
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Abstract
A suspension line assembly for a parachute may comprise a first set of suspension lines bound together to form a first riser, and a second set of suspension lines bound together to form a second riser. A confluence may be formed by the first set of suspension line and the second set of suspension line. The confluence may comprise interior confluence suspension lines and exterior confluence suspension lines that alternate circumferentially along a perimeter of a parachute canopy.
Claims19
A suspension line assembly for a parachute, comprising:
- a first set of suspension lines bound together, wherein the first set of suspension lines forms a first riser;
- and
- a second set of suspension lines bound together, wherein the second set of suspension lines forms a second riser;
- wherein a first suspension line of the first set of suspension lines is inserted into a first suspension line of the second set of suspension lines, and wherein a second suspension line of the second set of suspension lines is inserted into a second suspension line of the first set of suspension lines.
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A parachute, comprising:
- a canopy;
- and
- a suspension line assembly coupled to the canopy, the suspension line assembly comprising:
- a first set of suspension lines bound together, wherein the first set of suspension lines forms a first riser, and
- a second set of suspension lines bound together, wherein the second set of suspension lines forms a second riser, and wherein a first suspension line of the first set of suspension lines is inserted into a first suspension line of the second set of suspension lines, and wherein a second suspension line of the second set of suspension lines is inserted into a second suspension line of the first set of suspension lines.
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A method of making a parachute, comprising:
- forming a first riser by binding a first set of suspension lines together;
- forming a second riser by binder a second set of suspension lines together;
- and
- forming a first confluence using the first set of suspension lines and the second set of suspension lines, wherein the first confluence comprises a plurality of first interior confluence suspension lines and a plurality of first exterior confluence suspension lines, and wherein the plurality of first interior confluence suspension lines comprises at least one suspension line from the first set of suspension lines and at least one suspension line from the second set of suspension lines, and wherein the plurality of first exterior confluence suspension lines comprises at least one suspension line from the first set of suspension lines and at least one suspension line from the second set of suspension lines, and
- wherein forming the first confluence comprises:
- inserting a first suspension line into a second suspension line, the first set of suspension lines including the first suspension line and the second set of suspension lines including the second suspension line;
- and
- inserting a third suspension line into a fourth suspension line, wherein the first set of suspension lines includes the fourth suspension line and the second set of suspension lines includes the third suspension line.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.