ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,241, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE (Paris).
"Parachute with segmented sliders" was invented by Ronan Chollou (Moissy-Cramayel, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This parachute comprising a canopy having a leading edge and a trailing edge opposite the leading edge, suspension lines each having a first end attached to the leading edge and a second end that is designed to bear a load, and a slider having through-elements for the suspension lines to pass through, said elements being connected to one another by attachment means, each of said through-elements being passed through by one of the suspensi...