US Patent Issued to Nippon Kayaku on July 29 for "Parachute, safety device, and flight vehicle provided with safety device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,175, issued on July 29, was assigned to Nippon Kayaku K.K. (Tokyo).

"Parachute, safety device, and flight vehicle provided with safety device" was invented by Hiroshi Nakamura (Himeji, Japan) and Kensuke Nishio (Himeji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A parachute that can be deployed more quickly than before, a safety device provided with the parachute, and a flight vehicle provided with the safety device. An umbrella body of the parachute has a substantially hemispherical shape including a first impact buffer, a second impact buffer, and a shape holder, and includes a vent formed at a top portion and an umbrella edge portion co...