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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2019
The Curators of the University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (US);
The United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, Arlington, VA (US);
The Government of the United States, As Represented BY the Secretary of the Army, Natick, MA (US);
Travis D. Fields, Kansas City, MO (US);
Oleg A. Yakimenko, Monterey, CA (US);
Richard Benney, Natick, MA (US);
The Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Natick, MA (US);
The Curators of the University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (US);
The United Sates of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
An aerial payload delivery system uses a cruciform parachute canopy that is connected to base by plurality of suspension lines including an adjustable control line. A control system includes an actuator to selectively adjust the length of the control line. By adjusting the length of the control line, the parachute can be selectively set to glide or descend substantially vertically subject to wind. In an embodiment, the suspension lines also include a short line and a plurality of long lines. The parachute is set to glide by adjusting the control line to be about the same length as the short line and set to vertically descend by adjusting the length of the control line to differ from the short line.