US Patent Issued to ROCKWELL COLLINS on Oct. 27 for "Electronic drogue reefing release system" (Texas, Connecticut, Florida, Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,098, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to ROCKWELL COLLINS INC. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).

"Electronic drogue reefing release system" was invented by Akash Mukherjee (Plano, Texas), John L. Hampton (Bradenton, Fla.), Osvaldo Sanchez (Richardson, Texas), Joseph Chamberland (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), Talyn Meyer (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) and Tyler John Esposito (Enfield, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic drogue reefing release system includes a drogue parachute having a canopy, one or more reefing lines coupled to the canopy, one or more reefing line cutters coupled to the canopy, and one or more signal lines configured to deliver an e...