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Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 14, 2022
Applicant:

Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);

Inventors:

Kassidy L Carson, Colorado Springs, CO (US);

Bradley Mastrolia, Colorado Springs, CO (US);

Assignee:

ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 25/10 (2006.01); B64D 17/62 (2006.01); G01C 5/06 (2006.01); G01P 5/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 25/10 (2013.01); B64D 17/62 (2013.01); G01C 5/06 (2013.01); G01P 5/16 (2013.01);
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.


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