Energy absorbing high impact cable device
OwnerFred R. Blazon, Robert Bookwaterinventors
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Abstract
An energy absorbing high impact cable device having a ring damper with first and second ends for attachment to at least one mesh net panel. The damper further includes a retainer for retaining the first and second ends, and to maintain a circular damper according to a predetermined stiffness for impact restraint. The ring damper further includes a cover, which is hermetically sealed around the cable to prevent degradation. A cable-to-loop fastener mechanically secures the cable device to at least one mesh net panel to form a linked arrangement. This particular arrangement translates absorbed energy within a plane of the panels to prevent structural deformation within the device due to rolling rock energies beyond a predetermined magnitude.
Claims6
An energy absorbing high impact cable device comprising:
- a ring damper having first and second ends for linked attachment to at least one mesh net panel, said damper further includes a retainer means for retaining said first and second ends adjacent to and in abutment relation with at least one extended surface portion of the ring damper,
- said ring damper further comprises a cable having a predetermined stiffness, an internal dampening material for preventing plastic deformation, and a cover, said cover is hermetically sealed around said cable to prevent degradation, and
- a first and second fastening means for fastening said first and second ends of said device to said at least one mesh net panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.