ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,547, issued on July 14, was assigned to AMI INDUSTRIES INC. (Colorado Springs, Colo.).
"Parachute systems and energy attenuating drogue systems thereof" was invented by Joseph Chamberland (Marion, Iowa), Tyler Esposito (Enfield, Conn.), Akash Mukherjee (Plano, Texas), Talyn Meyer (Marion, Iowa), Osvaldo Sanchez (McKinney, Texas), John L. Hampton (Bradenton, Fla.), Christopher Ian Rolland (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Bradley Mastrolia (Colorado Springs, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Drogue parachute systems include an ejection seat, an elastic riser operably connected to the ejection seat at a first end and a riser connection ...