Carrier system for carrying out interception maneuvers of a loadbearing paraglider and method for adjusting the trailing edge of a loadbearing paraglider

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016176531-A1
Application number	US-201514966997-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 11, 2015
Priority date	Dec 18, 2014
Publication date	Jun 23, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A carrier system for carrying out interception maneuvers of a loadbearing paraglider which has a glider having a trailing edge for carrying out the maneuver with at least one interception line is fixed to said edge includes at least one carried load unit, which is connected to the carrier system via a first, short load carrier belt and a second, longer load carrier belt. A carried load connected to the carried load unit is carried by way of the first, short load carrier belt. The trailing edge is adjusted to carry out the maneuver by the gravitational force of the carried load, in that the first, short load carrier belt is separated and the carried load is carried by way of the longer, second load carrier belt.

First claim

1 . A carrier system for carrying out interception maneuvers of a loadbearing paraglider which comprises a glider having a trailing edge for carrying out the maneuver, wherein at least one interception line is fixed to said edge, comprising:
at least one carried load unit connected to the carrier system via a first, short load carrier belt and a second, longer load carrier belt; wherein a carried load connected to the at least one carried load unit is carried by way of the first, short load carrier belt; and wherein the trailing edge is adjusted to carry out the maneuver by the gravitational force of the carried load, in that the first, short load carrier belt is separated so as to no longer connect the carried load to the carried load unit and the carried load is subsequently carried by way of the longer, second load carrier belt.

2 . The carrier system according to claim 1 , wherein separating the first, short load carrier belt increases a distance between the carrier system and the carried load unit to a length of the second, longer load carrier belt.

3 . The carrier system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one interception line extends over at least one deflector on the carried load unit.

4 . The carrier system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one interception line extends over at least one deflector on the carrier system.

5 . The carrier system according to claim 1 , wherein the first, short load carrier belt is separated via a controlled separator device.

6 . The carrier system according to claim 5 , wherein the separator device is a cutter.

7 . The carrier system according to claim 1 , wherein the first, short load carrier belt comprises a multi-ring separator system.

8 . The carrier system according to claim 7 , wherein the multi-ring separator system is a three-ring system.

9 . The carrier system according to claim 1 , wherein the carrier system comprises at least one device for carrying out spiraling maneuvers.

10 . The carrier system according to claim 1 , comprising a height sensor for measuring the current altitude.

11 . A method for adjusting a trailing edge of a loadbearing paraglider for carrying out an interception maneuver, using at least one carried load unit connected via a first, short load carrier belt and a second, longer load carrier belt to a carrier system of the loadbearing paraglider, and wherein at least one interception line of the loadbearing paraglider is fixed to said system, the method comprising:
separating the first, short load carrier belt so as to no longer connect the carried load to the at least one carried load unit; adjusting the trailing edge to carry out the maneuver using the gravitational force of the carried load; and carrying the carried load by way of the longer, second load carrier belt.

12 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein separating the first, short load carrier belt increases the distance between the carrier system and the carried load unit to the length of the second, longer load carrier belt.

13 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein the interception line extends over at least one deflector on the carried load unit.

14 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein the interception line extends over at least one deflector on the carrier system.

15 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein the first, short load carrier belt is separated by means of a controlled separator device.

Assignees

• Airbus Defence & Space Gmbh

Inventors

• Biehl Juka

Classifications

• B64D17/22 Primary

  Load suspension · CPC title

• B64D17/025 Primary

  for gliding chutes · CPC title

• B64D17/34

  adapted to control direction or rate of descent · CPC title