US 12,234,601 B2
Bend fatigue resistant blended rope
Hjortur Erlendsson, Kopavogur (IS)
Assigned to HAMPIDJAN HF, Reykjavík (IS)
Filed by Hampidjan hf, Reykjavik (IS)
Filed on Oct. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/964,035.
Application 17/964,035 is a continuation of application No. 16/758,816, granted, now 11,499,268, previously published as PCT/IS2018/050011, filed on Nov. 1, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/580,370, filed on Nov. 1, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0032622 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. D07B 1/02 (2006.01); D07B 1/14 (2006.01); D07B 1/16 (2006.01); D07B 5/12 (2006.01)
CPC D07B 1/025 (2013.01) [D07B 1/162 (2013.01); D07B 1/142 (2013.01); D07B 5/12 (2013.01); D07B 2201/102 (2013.01); D07B 2201/1096 (2013.01); D07B 2205/205 (2013.01); D07B 2501/2061 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A blended rope, the rope having an exterior sheath (8) enclosing at least a strength member (7), the strength member (7) having synthetic filaments, the strength member (7) enclosing at least a combination of at least a shaped supportive core (3) and a flow shield (5) enveloping at least the shaped supportive core (3), the strength member (7) being a blended strength member (7) formed with a combination of ARAMID filaments and HMPE filaments, the strength member further comprising main rope strands (17), where at least a plurality of the main rope strands (17) each are formed with a primary strand sheath (21) that: (a) mainly is formed of HMPE filaments; and (b) encloses a core (19) mainly formed from ARAMID filaments.