US 11,753,173 B2
Parachute device, flight device, and flying body ejection mechanism
Yuzuru Sakamoto, Fujisawa (JP); Shoji Shimohisa, Fujisawa (JP); and Yoshihiro Mochida, Minamisouma (JP)
Assigned to MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc., Nagano (JP)
Appl. No. 17/429,056
Filed by MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc., Nagano (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 25, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/050809
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 6, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/170603, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 27, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-027795 (JP), filed on Feb. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0127006 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. B64D 17/80 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64D 17/72 (2006.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 70/83 (2023.01)
CPC B64D 17/80 (2013.01) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 17/72 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 70/83 (2023.01); B64U 2201/00 (2023.01)] 8 Claims
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1. A parachute device comprising:
a parachute;
a parachute accommodation section configured to accommodate the parachute;
at least one flying body connected to the parachute;
an ejection section formed in a tube shape having an opening at one end and having a bottom at an other end, and configured to hold the flying body and to eject the flying body held; and
a connection line connecting the parachute and the flying body, wherein
the flying body includes
a flying body main body section formed in a bar shape and engaged with the ejection section, and
a gas generating device disposed at one end side of the flying body main body section and disposed in an internal space defined by the ejection section and the flying body main body section, and configured to generate gas, and
the flying body is disposed such that the flying body main body section is inserted in an interior of the ejection section at the one end side, and the gas generating device faces a bottom portion of the ejection section in the interior of the ejection section, wherein
the flying body main body section includes
a holding section configured to hold the gas generating device, and
a connection section formed so as to protrude to a side opposite to the holding section in an axis direction of the flying body main body section, and connected to the connection line.