Mount to safely secure a cutter of an automatic activation device
AssigneeSun Path Products, Inc.
InventorsThomas Parker, Jesse Sparling, Justin Beaurivage
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Abstract
Systems and methods to cut a closing loop to deploy a parachute. The system includes a cutter with a body with a cutter opening that extends through the body and a blade that is movable across the cutter opening. Processing circuitry is configured to signal the cutter to move the blade across the cutter opening. A mount includes a base, a retainer with a channel sized to receive the cutter, and a mount opening that extends through the mount and across the channel. The cutter is configured to fit within the channel with the cutter opening aligned with the mount opening to form a through-opening such that the closing loop extends through the cutter and the mount.
Claims16
A device to mount a cutter that comprises a body with a cutter opening and a movable blade configured to cut a line to deploy a parachute, the device comprising:
- a body comprising a retainer;
- an interior space positioned within the retainer and being open to receive the cutter, the interior space comprising a first end that is open and a second end that is closed, the interior space sized to completely receive the body of the cutter;
- an opening that extends through the body and is in communication with the interior space, the opening comprising a first opening on a first side of the body and a second opening on a second side of the body with the first opening and the second opening aligned on opposing sides of the interior space to align with the cutter opening and to receive the line that extends across the interior space;
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- wherein the first end of the opening is aligned with an outer edge of the body.
A device to mount a cutter that comprises a cutter opening and a movable blade configured to cut a line to deploy a parachute, the device comprising:
- a body comprising a single, unitary construction;
- a channel that extends into a first exterior side of the body, the channel comprising an open first end at the first exterior side and a closed second end positioned within the body, the body sized to receive the cutter;
- an opening that extends through the body and through the channel, the opening spaced away from the first end and the second end of the channel and positioned to align with the cutter opening when the cutter is positioned in the channel;
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- wherein the first end of the opening is aligned with the first exterior side of the body.
A method of rigging a system to deploy a parachute that is secured within a container by a line, the method comprising:
- inserting a front end of a cutter into an opening in a retainer;
- sliding the cutter into the retainer and positioning the cutter completely within the retainer with a back end of the cutter positioned inward from the opening of the retainer;
- aligning a cutter opening that extends through the cutter with an opening in the retainer;
- threading the line through the cutter opening and the opening in the retainer;
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- preventing the line from being pulled out of the cutter opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.