News of fatal airplane crash inspires craftsmen Dario J. Manfredi and partner Angelo Raiti to design a sprocket and gear life-saving emergency landing system for small aircraft.
1967
Original patent for three-parachute emergency landing system is granted by US Patent Office.
1967
Partners successfully demonstrate proprietary technology that simultaneously separates fuel-containing wings from fuselage which descend separately on individual parachutes. A Stinson aircraft was equipped with the system and flown over Lakehurst Naval Base in Lakehurst, New Jersey.
1967
FAA grants certification for Stinson experimental aircraft to fly throughout the United States.
1972
Manfredi looses partner but continues to pursue safe-landing system project.
1984
Dario J. Manfredi passes away leaving intellectual property and 90% of the work toward FAA certification completed to his two sons and daughter.
1991
Intellectual property modernized and second patent filed under Carl J. Manfredi, Savia Giarraffa and Dario P. Manfredi. Market research at this time reveals lack of market interest for this kind of safety technology.
1998
Market emerges for safety system following production of aircraft equipped with single parachute safety system.
2000
Aviation Safety Resources is established as a family-owned company to commercialize the three-parachute landing technology.
2000
Fred DiMaria, business strategist, joins the team to expedite commercialization.
2005
One of patent holders, Carl J. Manfredi, passes away after long illness.
2006
ASR files provisional patent number 60/6983404 to simplify and update the TriChute Landing System.
2007
ASR establishes a blue-ribbon Innovation Team – strategic development relationships with select individuals and companies expert in key areas of aviation. Scale up of technology under the trade name ASR TriChute Landing System begins.
2007
Permanent patent filed to simplify and update ASR’s TriChute Landing System, add drogue chute and seal system exterior airbag.
2008
Scion Aviation , of Loveland, Ohio, and PI Research , of Indianapolis, Indiana, are engaged to build a large-scale, radio-controlled model aircraft equipped with the TriChute Landing System that will simulate the experience of passengers and aircraft. The resulting data will be used to test and fine-tune system design for FAA review, putting ASR one step closer to FAA certification and commercializing the technology.
2008
ASR files provisional patent number 61/133,917 for a Smart Recovery System (SRS), an intelligent, sensor-based system that brings a new level of automation, sophistication and systems integration to safety in general aviation aircraft.
2009
ASR files permanent patent application (Number 1516-5) for the Smart Recovery System with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
2009
Ron Marino joins ASR Innovation Team as Director of Corporate Finance.
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