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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2018
Kitty Hawk Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Peter A. Swan, West Sacramento, CA (US);
Craig Western, San Francisco, CA (US);
Damon Vander Lind, East Palo Alto, CA (US);
Amy Qian, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kitty Hawk Corporation, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A parachute system includes a release that detachably couples a self-propelled projectile and parachute canopy to each other. The release detaches the two from each other in response to a triggering of the release. There is also a first path between the release and a payload where the first path includes the parachute canopy and a suspension line between the parachute canopy and the payload. At least part of the suspension line is bound such that the first path is effectively shorter than a second path. In response to the first path being drawn taut, the suspension line becomes unbound so that the first path becomes effectively longer than the second path. In response to the second path being drawn taut after the suspension line becomes unbound, the release is triggered.