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US 11,299,281 B2Granted
Parachute assemblies with elastomeric inserts
AssigneeAMI Industries, Inc.
InventorsSteve Holstine, Kassidy L. Carson, John Hampton
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Abstract
A parachute assembly may comprise a canopy and a plurality of suspension lines coupled to the canopy. Each of the suspension lines may include an elastomeric insert coupled between a first portion of the suspension line and a second portion of the suspension line. At least a portion of the elastomer insert may be located within an internal volume of the suspension line.
Claims18
A parachute assembly, comprising:
- a suspension line;
- a first elastomeric insert coupled between a first portion of the suspension line and a second portion of the suspension line, wherein at least a portion of the first elastomeric insert is located within an internal volume of the suspension line.
A parachute assembly, comprising:
- a canopy;
- and
- a plurality of suspension lines coupled to the canopy, wherein each suspension line of the plurality of suspension lines includes an elastomeric insert coupled between a first portion of the suspension line and a second portion of the suspension line, and wherein at least a portion of the elastomeric insert is located within an internal volume of the suspension line.
A method of testing a parachute assembly, comprising:
- deploying a canopy of the parachute assembly;
- increasing a tensile load applied to a suspension line coupled to the canopy;
- and
- stretching an elastomeric insert coupled between a first portion of the suspension line and a second portion of the suspension line, wherein at least a portion of the elastomeric insert is located within an internal volume of the suspension line.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.