CA1172228A - Gliding airfoil parachute canopy construction - Google Patents

Gliding airfoil parachute canopy construction

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Publication number
CA1172228A
CA1172228A CA000385610A CA385610A CA1172228A CA 1172228 A CA1172228 A CA 1172228A CA 000385610 A CA000385610 A CA 000385610A CA 385610 A CA385610 A CA 385610A CA 1172228 A CA1172228 A CA 1172228A
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Prior art keywords
panels
canopy
ribs
surface portion
edge portion
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CA000385610A
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English (en)
French (fr)
Inventor
Elek Puskas
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PARA-FLITE Inc
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PARA-FLITE Inc
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64D—EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
    • B64D17/00—Parachutes
    • B64D17/02—Canopy arrangement or construction
    • B64D17/025—Canopy arrangement or construction for gliding chutes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64D—EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
    • B64D17/00—Parachutes
    • B64D17/02—Canopy arrangement or construction

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Aviation & Aerospace Engineering (AREA)
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CA000385610A 1980-09-23 1981-09-10 Gliding airfoil parachute canopy construction Expired CA1172228A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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US18975080A 1980-09-23 1980-09-23
US189,750 1980-09-23

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CA1172228A true CA1172228A (en) 1984-08-07

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KR (1) KR890000531B1 (de)
AU (1) AU528256B2 (de)
CA (1) CA1172228A (de)
DE (1) DE3137304C2 (de)
FR (1) FR2490587A1 (de)
GB (1) GB2084090B (de)
IL (1) IL63867A (de)
IT (1) IT1139465B (de)
ZA (1) ZA816329B (de)

Families Citing this family (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2141079B (en) * 1983-06-10 1987-07-29 Para Flite Inc Canopy loading system for ram air parachutes
GB8505204D0 (en) * 1985-02-28 1985-04-03 Harley Chutes Ltd Parachute
AU572424B1 (en) * 1987-10-02 1988-05-05 Parachutes Australia Pty. Ltd. Ram air parachute
FR2624828B1 (fr) * 1987-12-21 1990-05-11 Laser Lab Sarl Harnais sellette pour parachute du type a aile souple
GB2295132A (en) * 1994-11-17 1996-05-22 Darren Arkwright Wing construction
US6929221B2 (en) * 2002-12-09 2005-08-16 Atair Aerospace Inc. Ram air parachute with tensioned top skin
WO2005014392A1 (en) * 2003-08-07 2005-02-17 Peter Lynn Limited Ram air-inflated kite

Family Cites Families (6)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2959385A (en) * 1957-06-25 1960-11-08 Walter C Buhler Stressed skin parachute
US3131894A (en) * 1963-01-10 1964-05-05 Domina C Jalbert Multi-cell glide canopy parachute
US3524613A (en) * 1968-04-08 1970-08-18 Pioneer Parachute Co Inc Flexible gliding wing
US3724789A (en) * 1970-02-02 1973-04-03 S Snyder Ram air glide parachute
AT310063B (de) * 1971-12-28 1973-09-10 Ver Baubeschlag Gretsch Co Bremssegel für Skiläufer
US3822844A (en) * 1973-06-25 1974-07-09 Jack Sutton Parachute

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KR830007361A (ko) 1983-10-19
DE3137304A1 (de) 1982-05-27
AU528256B2 (en) 1983-04-21
FR2490587B1 (de) 1985-01-25
GB2084090B (en) 1984-06-27
AU7521881A (en) 1982-04-01
GB2084090A (en) 1982-04-07
FR2490587A1 (fr) 1982-03-26
IT8124072A0 (it) 1981-09-22
IT1139465B (it) 1986-09-24
ZA816329B (en) 1982-11-24
IL63867A (en) 1985-09-29
KR890000531B1 (en) 1989-03-20
DE3137304C2 (de) 1983-10-13

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