Aerial delivery system
OwnerEdward Stronginventor
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Abstract
An aerial delivery system including a ram-air parachute, one or more recovery parachutes, a mantle removably attached to a cargo, and a controller operably connected to the mantle, the ram-air parachute, and the one or more recovery parachutes. The controller may be configured to receive location information associated with a target, receive information related to an ambient condition, determine a recovery parachute opening point based on the target information and the ambient condition, and cause a navigation of the aerial delivery system to the determined recovery parachute opening point.
Claims25
An aerial delivery system, comprising:
- a ram-air parachute;
- one or more recovery parachutes;
- a mantle removably attached to a cargo;
- and
- a controller operably connected to the mantle, the ram-air parachute, and the one or more recovery parachutes, and configured to
- receive location information associated with a target;
- receive information related to an ambient condition;
- determine a recovery parachute opening point based on the target information and the ambient condition;
- and
- cause a navigation of the aerial delivery system to the determined recovery parachute opening point.
A method for aerially delivering a cargo system from an aircraft at an altitude, the method comprising:
- receiving location information associated with a target location;
- receiving condition information related to an ambient condition;
- determining a recovery parachute opening location based on the condition information and the location information;
- deploying a navigable ram-air parachute operably connected to the cargo system;
- navigating the cargo system to the recovery parachute opening location via the ram-air parachute and one or more steering lines associated with the ram-air parachute;
- and
- deploying one or more recovery parachutes at the recovery parachute opening location.
An aerial delivery system, comprising:
- a ram-air parachute;
- one or more recovery parachutes;
- a mantle removably attached to a cargo;
- a release bridle having a first end, a second end, and a third end, the second end fixedly attached to a first one of the one or more recovery parachutes, and the third end releasably attached to a second one of the one or more recovery parachutes;
- a drogue parachute affixed to the first end of the release bridle;
- a pilot parachute operably connected to the drogue parachute;
- and
- a controller operably connected to the mantle, the ram-air parachute, and the one or more recovery parachutes, and configured to
- receive location information associated with a target;
- receive information related to an ambient condition;
- determine a recovery parachute opening point based on the target information and the ambient condition;
- and
- cause a navigation of the aerial delivery system to the determined recovery parachute opening point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.