There are provided a safety apparatus and an aerial vehicle including the safety apparatus, in which a lid and an opening end of a container are fixed before operation more firmly than a conventional art to be less susceptible to an external environment. A safety apparatus includes a piston member, a cylinder that accommodates the piston member and is provided with a bore through which the piston member protrudes to the outside during operation, a push-up member that is pushed up in one direction by the piston member, an ejected object 16 that is pushed up while being supported by the push-up member, a gas generator that moves the piston member in the cylinder, and a lid 21 including a projection 21a. The projection 21a includes a second through hole 21c, and an engagement mechanism is configured when a pin member 22 is inserted into the second through hole 21c and a first through hole 18a provided in a container 18 to engage an opening end of the container 18 and the projection 21a.

A multi-modal aircraft recovery system is disclosed. In various embodiments, the system includes a first aircraft recovery parachute having a first set of physical attributes optimized for a first set of conditions and a second aircraft recovery parachute having a second set of physical attributes optimized for a second set of conditions different from the first.

To prevent a parachute from being damaged. A parachute device (4) includes a flying body (43) including a parachute (400), a parachute accommodation section (40) configured to accommodate the parachute, at least one flying body (43) connected to the parachute, an ejection section (41) having a tube shape and configured to hold the flying body and to eject the held flying body, a gas generating device (60) configured to generate gas, and an extrusion member (42) capable of being at least partially inserted into the ejection section, the extrusion member being configured to extrude the flying body from the ejection section due to receiving pressure of the gas generated from the gas generating device.

A drone includes a drone body, a drone body battery provided in the drone body and responsible for supplying power to the drone body, a parachute kit detachably coupled to the drone body and including a parachute therein, a battery detector provided in the parachute kit and responsible for checking the state of the drone body battery, and a parachute controller for controlling the parachute kit depending on the state of the drone body battery detected by the battery detector.

Provided are an aerial vehicle safety apparatus capable of smoothly and quickly expanding an expandable object such as a parachute at time of expansion with a simple configuration, and a method of accommodating the expandable object in the aerial vehicle safety apparatus.

An aerial vehicle safety apparatus 100 includes a piston member 10, a cylinder 14 that accommodates the piston member 10 and is provided with a hole 13 through which the piston member 10 protrudes outward at time of operation, a push-up member 15 that is pushed up in one direction by the piston member 10, an expandable object 16 that is pushed up while being supported by the push-up member 15, a gas generator 17 as a power source that moves the piston member 10 in the cylinder 14, and a first member 18 and a second member 21 that serve as a cylindrical container that accommodates the piston member 10, the cylinder 14, the push-up member 15, the expandable object 16, and the gas generator 17. The expandable object 16 is stored in the container so as to form a plurality of layers in a radial direction.

Launch and/or recovery for unmanned aircraft and/or other payloads, including via parachute-assist, and associated systems and methods are disclosed. An example unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system includes a lift device, a parachute, and a capture line. The lift device includes a canister. The parachute is stowed in and deployable from the canister. The capture line is attached to the parachute and to a line control device. The capture line is configured to be engaged by a capture device located at an end of a wing of a UAV.

There are provided a safety apparatus and an aerial vehicle including the safety apparatus, in which a lid and an opening end of a container are fixed before operation more firmly than a conventional art to be less susceptible to an external environment. A safety apparatus includes a piston member 10, a cylinder 14 that accommodates the piston member 10 and is provided with a bore 13 through which the piston member 10 protrudes to the outside during operation, a push-up member 15 that is pushed up in one direction by the piston member 10, an ejected object 16 that is pushed up while being supported by the push-up member 15, and a gas generator 17 that moves the piston member 10 in the cylinder 14. A bottomed cylindrical portion 19 of the push-up member 15 has a hole 53, the hole 53 has a substantially identical shape to a shape of one end of a rod 12, and the one end of the rod 12 is fitted to the hole 53. The bottomed cylindrical portion 19 and the rod 12 are fastened and fixed by a bolt member 15.

There is provided a safety apparatus including a push-up member in which an ejected object is hardly displaced even during transportation, and an aerial vehicle including the safety apparatus. A safety apparatus 100 includes a cylinder 14 that accommodates a piston member 10 and is provided with a bore 13 through which the piston member 10 protrudes to the outside (upward in FIG. 1) during operation, a push-up member 15 that is pushed up in one direction by the piston member 10, an ejected object 16 that is pushed up while being supported by the push-up member 15, a gas generator 17 as a power source that moves the piston member 10 in the cylinder 14, a container 18 that has a bottomed cylindrical shape and accommodates the piston member 10, the cylinder 14, the push-up member 15, the ejected object 16, and the gas generator 17, and a lid 21 that closes an opening end of the container 18. A movement preventing member 27 that prevents the ejected object 16 from moving in a circumferential direction of a bottomed cylindrical portion 19 is provided on an upper surface of a support 20 of the push-up member 15.

Systems, devices, and methods including: a latching mechanism comprising: a first latch configured to attach to a door of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); a second latch configured to attach to a portion of the UAV distal from the first latch; a string connected between the first and second latch, where the string secures the door shut; at least two radio modules in communication with a ground control station; and at least two burn wires in contact with a portion of the string between the first latch and the second latch; where current from a backup battery passes to at least one burn wire when the burn signal is received, where the burn wire causes the connection between the first latch and the second latch to be broken and the door of the UAV is separated from the UAV, and where the parachute is deployed when the door of the UAV is separated from a rest of the UAV.

A device for unlocking a system for closing a container by means of a tie, such as a rope or strap, in particular a tie tensioned between closing eyelets, includes a cutting tool (O) capable of cutting the tie in order to unlock the closing system. It also includes an actuation member linked to the cutting tool, the actuation member being capable of being manipulated manually by a user in order to cause the cutting tool (O) to move into a position for severing the tie.