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US 2018/0141667 A1Published application
Cinched parachute
AssigneeKitty Hawk Corporation
InventorsDamon Vander Lind, Cameron Robertson
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Abstract
A cinched parachute is disclosed. In various embodiments, a cinched parachute as disclosed herein includes a canopy comprising one or more sections of canopy material, and a device integrated with the canopy that controls dimensions of the canopy material. For example, in some embodiments the device may be used to control the size of an opening atop the parachute.
Claims20
A cinched parachute, comprising:
- a canopy comprising one or more sections of canopy material;
- and
- a device integrated with the canopy that controls dimensions of the canopy material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.