Parachute release device
AssigneeAirtech Company, Inc.
InventorEric Van Den Broek
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a parachute release device comprising a data processing and acceleration determining means connected to said data processing system and provided for determining an acceleration parameter indicating the acceleration of a falling object to which the parachute is attached, said data processing system being provided for calculating from said acceleration parameter and a jump duration time an instant speed and an instant height value, and for generating a release signal for opening said parachute when said instant height value reaches an opening height value.
Claims14
A parachute release device provided to be mounted on a parachute, which parachute is provided to be attached to an object, said device comprising:
- a data processing system having a release signal output and a memory provided for storing an opening height value, indicating a height at which said parachute should be opened, said data processing system being provided for generating a release signal for opening said parachute;
- height determining means connected to said data processing system and provided for determining an initial height value indicating a further height at which a jump is started;
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- time determination means provided for counting a jump duration time as from a start of said jump;
- characterised in that said device further comprises acceleration determining means connected to said data processing system and provided for determining an acceleration parameter indicating an acceleration of said object to which said parachute is attached, said data processing system being provided for calculating from said acceleration parameter and said jump duration time an instant speed and an instant height value, and for generating said release signal when said instant height value reaches said opening height value.
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