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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2024
Government of the United States As Represented BY the Secretary of the Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (US);
Griffin Hemingway, USAFA, CO (US);
Jason Christopher, USAFA, CO (US);
Enrique Arjona, USAFA, CO (US);
Orval Powell, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Harold Fotso, USAFA, CO (US);
Cayden Boll, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Christian Lund, Provo, UT (US);
Michael Anderson, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (US);
Abstract
A steerable parachute for carrying a payload towards a target. The parachute has a canopy for drag during descent connects to a basket by variable length guy wires. A high cant drive system shortens or lengthens the guy wires to effect the cant of the canopy and thereby steer the parachute. The drive system is at least one of a coaxial opposed dual shaft system or a planetary gear system. This drive system provides the benefit of immediate and accurate course correction of the parachute during descent.