Apparatus for supporting a parachute flight controller and flight controller for a parachute
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B64D-017/00
B64D-017/02
B64D-017/34
출원번호
US-0320672
(2010-05-17)
등록번호
US-9315273
(2016-04-19)
국제출원번호
PCT/CA2010/000728
(2010-05-17)
§371/§102 date
20120302
(20120302)
국제공개번호
WO2010/130043
(2010-11-18)
발명자
/ 주소
McCann, Sean
Baumeister, Peter
출원인 / 주소
Mist Mobility Integrated Systems Technology, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
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초록▼
An apparatus for supporting a parachute flight controller from a parachute comprises a bearing member, for example a pulley, a load-bearing coupling, for example a harness, connected to the bearing member and including a connector for connecting the coupling to a parachute flight controller. The cou
An apparatus for supporting a parachute flight controller from a parachute comprises a bearing member, for example a pulley, a load-bearing coupling, for example a harness, connected to the bearing member and including a connector for connecting the coupling to a parachute flight controller. The coupling includes a load-bearing connector for connecting a payload thereto, and the bearing member is adapted to enable relative movement, controlled by the flight controller, between the bearing member and a support member, for example a flexible coupling line or web for supporting the bearing member connected between first and second suspension lines of a parachute. The flight controller may include one or more control lines connected to the support member or suspension lines which can be wound in or out of the flight controller to effect relative movement between the bearing member and the support member and thereby control the direction of the parachute.
대표청구항▼
1. An apparatus for supporting a parachute flight controller from a parachute, the apparatus comprising a bearing member, a load-bearing coupling connected to the bearing member, the load-bearing coupling including a connector for connecting the load-bearing coupling to a parachute flight controller
1. An apparatus for supporting a parachute flight controller from a parachute, the apparatus comprising a bearing member, a load-bearing coupling connected to the bearing member, the load-bearing coupling including a connector for connecting the load-bearing coupling to a parachute flight controller, wherein the coupling includes a load-bearing connector for connecting a payload thereto, and the bearing member is adapted to enable movement, controlled by said parachute flight controller, of said bearing member along a support member for supporting said bearing member and connected between first and second suspension lines of a parachute, wherein the support member is one of an elongated flexible web, cable, line or rope and comprises a first end connected to a first suspension line and a second end connected to a second suspension line or the support member is part of the first and second suspension lines of the parachute. 2. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said bearing member is rotatable to enable said movement along said support member and is rotatably coupled to said coupling. 3. An apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein said bearing member comprises a pulley wheel having a circumferential groove or channel for receiving said support member therein. 4. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further including said support member and wherein said support member includes a first connector for connecting the support member to said first suspension line and a second connector for connecting said support member to said second suspension line. 5. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said bearing member comprises a first bearing member, and the apparatus further comprises a second bearing member adapted to enable movement, controlled by said parachute flight controller, of said second bearing member along a second support member for supporting said second bearing connected between third and fourth suspension lines of said parachute, and wherein said second bearing member is rotatable to enable said movement. 6. An apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein said first and second bearing members are angled or capable of being angled relative to each other to enable the bearing members movement along said respective first and second support members when said support members are oriented in different directions, for example, substantially orthogonal directions. 7. An apparatus as claimed in claim 5, further including said second support member. 8. An apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein said second support member includes a first connector for connecting the second support member to said third suspension line and a second connector for connecting said second support member to said fourth suspension line. 9. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said connector for connecting said coupling to said parachute flight controller is adapted for releasably connecting said parachute flight controller thereto. 10. An apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein said connector for connecting said coupling to said parachute flight controller comprises a manually operable release member, movable between a first position which locks said connector to said parachute flight controller and a second position which enables said connector to be released from said parachute flight controller. 11. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, in combination with the parachute flight controller, wherein the parachute flight controller includes control means for causing and limiting said movement of said bearing member along said support member. 12. An apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein said control means includes a first control line for applying a force on said first suspension line and a second control line for applying a force on said second suspension line and a controller for varying the length of the first and second control lines extending from said parachute flight controller. 13. An apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein said control means includes pulley means for accommodating at least one of (1) a control line for applying a force on said first suspension line and (2) a control line for applying a force on said second suspension line, and drive means for driving rotation of said pulley means to wind and unwind said control line about said pulley means. 14. An apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein said pulley means comprises first pulley means for accommodating a first control line for applying a force to said first suspension line and second pulley means for accommodating a second control line for applying a force to said second suspension line. 15. An apparatus as claimed in claim 14, including a releasable coupler for releasably coupling at least one of said first and second pulley means from said drive means. 16. An apparatus as claimed in claim 14, comprising a set of pulleys to provide said pulley means, wherein each pulley of the set includes at least a hub about which a control line is wound and at least one hub of a pulley in the set has a diameter that is different from a diameter of a hub of another pulley in the set. 17. An apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein said bearing member comprises a first bearing member, and the apparatus further comprises a second bearing member adapted to enable movement, controlled by said parachute flight controller, of said second bearing member along a second support member for supporting said second bearing member connected between third and fourth suspension lines of said parachute, and wherein said second bearing member is rotatable to enable said movement, and wherein said parachute flight controller includes means for applying a force on said third and fourth suspension lines to provide movement of said second bearing member along said second support member. 18. An apparatus as claimed in claim 17, wherein said means for applying a force comprises means for varying the length of a control line for applying a force to said third suspension line and for varying the length of a control line for applying a force to said fourth suspension line. 19. An apparatus as claimed in claim 18, wherein said means for varying the length of a control line comprises pulley means for accommodating a control line. 20. An apparatus as claimed in claim 19, wherein said pulley means comprises third pulley means for accommodating a third control line for applying a force to said third suspension line and fourth pulley means for accommodating a fourth control line for applying a force to said fourth suspension line, and drive means for driving rotation of said pulley means.
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