Abstract: Embodiments include a system for controlled release of a descent line that can include a shaft secured to a first end of a descent line. Embodiments can include a magnet cradle housing fixedly coupled with the shaft, a first magnet retained by the magnet cradle housing, a coil assembly secured in magnetic proximity to the magnet assembly to generate an electric current by magnetic interaction with the magnet when the shaft is rotated. Embodiments can include a braking assembly powered by the magnet and coil assembly such that the decent of a user is slowed to a safe rate of speed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 13, 2016
Date of Patent:
January 1, 2019
Assignee:
BAILOUT SYSTEMS, LLC
Inventors:
Michael A. Ragsdale, Troy S. Owens, Patrick Thomas Henke