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US 11,591,094 B2Granted
Systems and methods for parachute deployment
AssigneeCimsa Ingenieria De Sistemas, S.A.
InventorJose Francisco Zapirain
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Abstract
A parachute vent reefing system is disclosed. The parachute vent reefing system includes a plurality of attachment members disposed about a vent portion of a parachute canopy and a keeper routed between each attachment member of said plurality of attachment members. The keeper has a diameter less than the diameter of the vent portion and is configured to break at a preselected tensile threshold.
Claims16
A parachute vent reefing system, comprising:
- a plurality of vent lines circumferentially disposed about a vent ring of a parachute canopy, wherein each vent line is individually connected to said parachute canopy at a proximal end, and each distal end of each vent line is connected to each other at a center of said vent ring;
- an attachment member connected to each of said vent lines between the proximal and distal ends thereof, each attachment member being disposed within said vent ring inwardly and distal from a circumferential border of said vent ring;
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- a keeper routed through each attachment member wherein said keeper has a diameter less than the diameter of said vent ring and is configured to break at a preselected tensile threshold.
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A parachute vent reefing system, comprising:
- a parachute canopy having a vent disposed on a top portion, said vent having an un-reefed diameter and a reefed diameter;
- at least two vent lines extending from opposite sides of said vent that extend toward, and are attached to each other at a center of said vent;
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- an attachment member disposed on each of said vent lines between a proximal and a distal end of said vent lines that is offset from a circumferential border of said vent;
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- a break cord routed through each of said attachment members;
- wherein when said break cord is routed through each of said attachment members, said vent assumes said reefed diameter;
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- wherein when said break cord is not routed through each of said attachment members, said vent assumes said un-reefed diameter.
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A method of reefing a parachute, comprising:
- providing a parachute canopy portion having a vent aperture, the vent aperture having a circumferential edge;
- extending one or more vent lines from said circumferential edge of said vent aperture toward a center portion of said vent aperture;
- providing an attachment member on each of said vent lines between a proximal and a terminal end thereof, said attachment member at a position that is separate from, and distal to said circumferential edge of said vent aperture;
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- routing a break cord through each of said attachment members;
- wherein said terminal end portions of said vent lines are joined to each other in said middle of said vent.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.