US 11,906,013 B2
Device for absorbing kinetic energy of a vehicle or any other moving body
Armand Brielle, Villars en Pons (FR); Paul Ryan, Fleac (FR); and Régis Lambert, Cognac (FR)
Assigned to CURTISS-WRIGHT ARRESTING SYSTEMS SAS, Merpins (FR)
Appl. No. 16/965,453
Filed by CURTISS-WRIGHT ARRESTING SYSTEMS SAS, Merpins (FR)
PCT Filed Jan. 23, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/051643
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 28, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/145366, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 1, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1850679 (FR), filed on Jan. 29, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0355236 A1, Nov. 12, 2020
Int. Cl. F16F 7/00 (2006.01); E01F 13/12 (2006.01); F16F 7/12 (2006.01)
CPC F16F 7/006 (2013.01) [E01F 13/12 (2013.01); F16F 7/00 (2013.01); F16F 7/128 (2013.01); F16F 2236/06 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for absorbing kinetic energy of a moving body, comprising:
a conditioning chamber, wherein the conditioning chamber is rigid;
at least one bundle of straps arranged in the conditioning chamber in a stowed position and deployable from the conditioning chamber in a deployment direction, the at least one bundle of straps formed by a first strap and a second strap, each first and second straps comprising a first strand and a second strand, the first strand secured to the second stand by a connection capable of being progressively destroyed by a tensile force applied on the at least one first strand of the first and second straps, respectively; and
a first anchor point and a second anchor point configured to be secured to a structure and to connect to an end of the first strand of the first strap and an end of the first strand of the second strap, respectively, the first anchor point and the second anchor point arranged downstream of the at least one bundle of straps with respect to the deployment direction of the first strap and the second strap under the tensile force so that the conditioning chamber is not stressed or remains unmoved during deployment of the first strap and the second strap.