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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 07, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roy Gerald Young, Bournemouth, GB;
David Percy Anstey, Christchurch, GB;
Assignee:
Flight Refuelling Limited, Dorset, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2441 / ;
Abstract
A drogue assembly comprises a circumferential array of triangular support arms. Each support arm is pivoted and mounted on a pivot pin at its apex for swinging movement in a radial direction. Each juxtaposed pair of support arms is joined together by a net which is joined to each of those support arms at spaced intervals therealong. The support arms carry a drogue parachute which extends circumferentially around their shortest sides.