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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2022
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Kassidy L Carson, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Bradley Mastrolia, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
A method is disclosed herein. The method includes receiving, by a processor, an ejection command for ejecting an ejection seat from an aircraft; determining, by the processor, an equivalent airspeed and an equivalent altitude of the ejection seat; and, responsive to the airspeed and the altitude indicating a second mode of operation: sending, by the processor, a command to deploy a drogue parachute; determining, by the processor, a variable drogue severance delay; and responsive to the variable drogue severance delay expiring, sending, by the processor, a command to sever the drogue parachute and deploy a main parachute.