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US 12,252,257 B2Granted
Parachute with inflation control and load distributing slider loops
AssigneeCirrus Design Corporation
InventorAnthony D. Kasher
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are parachute canopies and sliders for use with parachutes. The parachute canopies can include one or more deformable vent panels that can be used to control an inflation rate of the canopies based on an internal pressure within the canopies. The sliders can include strips that form through holes that have a width that distributes a radial load on suspension lines and allow for the use of lower weight, high modulus suspension lines.
Claims10
A slider for use with a parachute, the slider comprising:
- an annular body including an edge;
- and
- a plurality of material strips attached to the annular body at or near the edge and extending radially outward from the edge, each of the plurality of material strips forming a through hole beyond the edge configured to slidably receive a suspension line of the parachute, wherein the plurality of material strips each have a width that, during a transition of the slider from a reefing state to a non-reefing state, distributes a radial load along a length of the suspension line.
A slider for use with a parachute, the slider comprising:
- an annular body including an outer peripheral edge;
- and
- a plurality of flexible loops formed from textile material strips and having a first end and a second end defining a length, the first end attached to the annular body at or near the outer peripheral edge and the second end being folded to form a through hole at a location beyond the outer peripheral edge,
- wherein:
- the through hole is configured to slidably receive a suspension line of the parachute, and
- the strip of material has a width measured generally perpendicular to the length that, during disreefing, distributes a radial load along a length of the suspension line.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.