Methods and apparatus for reusable energy absorbing layers
OwnerDaryoush Allaeiinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus includes an airdrop load and at least one energy absorbing assembly including a grid formed from a plurality of layers. Each layer includes: a plurality of slots sufficient to accommodate a thickness of others layers from the plurality of layers and form a plurality of joints; a plurality of apertures, each aperture from the plurality of apertures colinear with a joint from the plurality of joints along a vertical axis; and a plurality of bosses, each boss from the plurality of bosses protruding into a slot from the plurality of slots and having a complementary geometry and position to engage with an aperture from a plurality of apertures of an adjacent layer from the plurality of layers when the grid is formed.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- an airdrop load;
- and
- at least one energy absorbing assembly comprising a grid formed from a plurality of layers, each layers from the plurality of layers comprising:
- a plurality of slots sufficient to accommodate a thickness of others layers from the plurality of layers and form a plurality of joints;
- a plurality of apertures, each aperture from the plurality of apertures colinear with a joint from the plurality of joints along a vertical axis;
- and
- a plurality of bosses, each boss from the plurality of bosses protruding into a slot from the plurality of slots and having a complementary geometry and position to engage with an aperture from a plurality of apertures of an adjacent layer from the plurality of layers when the grid is formed;
- wherein at least one of the at least one energy absorbing assemblies is positioned below or within the airdrop load such that the grid of the energy absorbing assembly is at least partially perpendicular to an anticipated impact vector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.