Patent · US Expired

High camber ram-air parachute

US4865272A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 18, 1986
Grant dateSep 12, 1989
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 18, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB64D17/025
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A gliding parachute of the ram-air type having aligned upper and lower panels separated by high camber airfoil shaped ribs whose maximum camber thickness is equal to or less than ten percent of its chord length and so constructed so as to impart a recessed air pocket under its lower panel.

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