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US 2012/0025028 A1Published application
Parachute safety device
AssigneeAerazur
InventorM. Gael Suze
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Abstract
The safety device comprises a first bridle connecting a pilot chute of the reserve parachute to a deployment bag, a second bridle connecting the main parachute to the first bridle, a pin fastened to this first bridle and passed in a releasable manner in a loop formed on a locking bridle fastened to the locking pin and passed through a loop fastened to the second bridle and two eyelets formed through the first bridle.
Claims12
A device for releasing a main parachute and opening a reserve parachute connected to a pilot chute and a deployment bag, the device comprising:
- a first bridle connecting the pilot chute to the deployment bag,
- a second bridle connecting the main parachute to the first bridle, and,
- a locking pin fastened to the first bridle, on a first side thereof, and passed, in a free manner in a locking loop formed on a locking bridle fastened to the locking pin and passed successively through:
- a fastening loop fastened to the second bridle, towards an end thereof, and,
- a first eyelet formed through the first bridle, wherein:
- the first bridle is provided with a second eyelet formed therethrough, closer to the fastening of the locking pin the first bridle than the first eyelet is, and where the locking bridle passes, towards a second side opposite to a first side of the first bridle, before passing, in an opposite direction, through the first eyelet, and,
- the locking bridle is adapted so that the fastening loop fastened to the second bridle can slide freely along said second side of the first bridle, between the first and second eyelets.
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A parachute device comprising:
- a main parachute,
- a reserve parachute connected to a pilot chute and a deployment bag,
- a releasing device for releasing the main parachute and opening the reserve parachute, the releasing device comprising:
- a first bridle connecting the pilot chute to the deployment bag,
- a second bridle connecting the main parachute to the first bridle, and,
- a locking pin fastened to the first bridle, on a first side thereof, and passed, in a free manner in a locking loop formed on a locking bridle fastened to the locking pin and passed successively through:
- a fastening loop fastened to the second bridle, towards an end thereof, and,
- a first eyelet formed through the first bridle,
- wherein:
- the first bridle is provided with a second eyelet formed therethrough, closer to the fastening of the locking pin the first bridle than the first eyelet is, and where the locking bridle passes, towards a second side opposite to a first side of the first bridle, before passing, in an opposite direction, through the first eyelet, and,
- the locking bridle is adapted so that the fastening loop fastened to the second bridle can slide freely along said second side of the first bridle, between the first and second eyelets.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.