Patents by Inventor Horst Deppner

Horst Deppner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Salvaging drone equipment
    Patent number: 4834317
    Abstract: Apparatus for salvaging a hit indicating sensor, mounted on a towed drone serving as target simulator and being fastened by means of a cable to a towing craft; the hit indicator is severed from the drone and parachuted to ground either on cable release or by external command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1989
    Assignee: Dornier GmbH
    Inventor: Horst Deppner
  • Control for the release of a parachute within a towed aircraft
    Patent number: 4000867
    Abstract: This invention relates to a control system for the release of a parachute contained within an aircraft adapted to be towed by a cable secured thereto, the cable being electrically conductive and having electrical contact to a control system in the aircraft, and an electrically conductive contact ring on the contour of the aircraft and being insulated with respect to the skin of the aircraft, whereby in case of separation of the cable from a towing aircraft, the cable touches the contact ring and closes a circuit composed of the contact ring, the cable, and the control system which releases the parachute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1977
    Assignee: Dornier GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Daikeler, Horst Deppner