Patents Assigned to DeCel Incorporated
  • Aerodynamic controllably vented pressure modulating drogue
    Patent number: 4927099
    Abstract: An aeronautical drogue having a canopy and support members connecting the canopy to a connector provides for essentially constant drag at variable speeds by aerodynamic pressure modulation through controllably venting the canopy by constructing the canopy of a plurality of separate elastic bands positioned side by side the elastic bands being connected at spaced intervals by flexible connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 22, 1990
    Assignee: DeCel Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard C. Emerson, John B. Sherman