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Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2026

Filed:

Jul. 31, 2024
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Akash Mukherjee, Plano, TX (US);

John L. Hampton, Bradenton, FL (US);

Osvaldo Sanchez, Richardson, TX (US);

Joseph Chamberland, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);

Talyn Meyer, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);

Tyler John Esposito, Enfield, CT (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 17/38 (2006.01); B64D 17/24 (2006.01); B64D 17/34 (2006.01); B64D 25/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 17/386 (2013.01); B64D 17/24 (2013.01); B64D 17/343 (2013.01); B64D 25/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electronic drogue reefing release system includes a drogue parachute having a canopy, one or more reefing lines coupled to the canopy, one or more reefing line cutters coupled to the canopy, and one or more signal lines configured to deliver an electrical signal. The reefing lines are configured to restrict expansion of the canopy while in a first reefing state. The reefing line cutters are configured to place the at least one reefing line into a second reefing state in response to receiving the electrical signal so as to expand the canopy.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Mukherjee, Akash. (2026). Electronic drogue reefing release system (U.S. Patent No. 12774098). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12774098

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