Patents Examined by Virna Lissi Moica
  • Patent number: 5826827
    Abstract: An air-chute safety system (10) for an aircraft (12) having a fuselage (14) with a cockpit (16) and a tail end (18), and a pair of wings (20) with engines (22). The system (10) comprises a plurality of drag parachutes (24) stored in and deployed from the tail end (18) of the fuselage (14), in conjunction with an aerodynamic braking apparatus in the aircraft (12), which will shut down the engines (22) during an emergency when in flight, so that the aircraft (12) will slow down. A plurality of top parachutes (26) are provided. A structure (28) is for storing each of the top parachutes (26) in vertical spaced apart relationships below a top surface (30) of the fuselage (14) between the cockpit (16) and tail end (18) thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Inventors: Richard Coyaso, Levaina Coyaso