US 12,410,556 B2
Synthetic rope for system level recoil control
John Hughson, Bellingham, WA (US); James Plaia, Blaine, WA (US); and Dustin Heins, Bellingham, WA (US)
Assigned to SAMSON ROPE TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Ferndale, WA (US)
Filed by SAMSON ROPE TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Ferndale, WA (US)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/496,592.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/381,814, filed on Nov. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0141586 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. D07B 1/00 (2006.01); D07B 1/16 (2006.01); B63B 21/20 (2006.01)
CPC D07B 1/24 (2021.01) [D07B 1/16 (2013.01); B63B 21/20 (2013.01); B63B 2021/203 (2013.01); D07B 2201/2068 (2013.01); D07B 2401/2005 (2013.01); D07B 2501/2061 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rope system for system level recoil control comprising:
a first rope component comprising:
a first rope subcomponent, the first rope subcomponent having predetermined failure strength, the first rope subcomponent designed and configured to be a controlled failure point for the system; and
a second rope subcomponent, the second rope subcomponent having a predetermined elongation capability; and
a second rope component connected in series to the first rope component;
wherein the rope system contains strain energy when the first and second rope components are in tension, and each rope component contains a fraction of the rope system's strain energy;
wherein, upon failure of the first rope subcomponent, the second rope subcomponent is configured to elongate to absorb a predetermined amount of predetermined operational strain energy of the rope system and to stretch over a predetermined distance and/or predetermined period of time before the second rope subcomponent fails; and
wherein the predetermined elongation capability of the second rope subcomponent corresponds to at least 50% of the predetermined operational strain energy of the rope system, and the at least 50% of the predetermined operational strain energy of the rope system is dissipated through the elongation of the second rope subcomponent prior to failure of the second rope subcomponent.