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US 8,740,141 B2Granted
Aircraft arrestor system and method of decelerating an aircraft
AssigneeTarkett Inc.
InventorsJean Prevost, Donald VanDyke
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Abstract
An arrestor system and method of decelerating an aircraft. The arrestor system has a base with at least one tile made of a plurality of particles being arranged such that the particles form a plurality of water drainage passageways and wherein the at least one tile has a compressive strength which will fatigue upon a force being imparted thereto which is greater than the compressive strength of the tile.
Claims7
An aircraft arrestor system comprising:
- a base located adjacent a runway having plurality of replaceable tiles,
- a bed disposed below the base, and
- an artificial grass system disposed above the plurality of replaceable tiles as a cover, whereby forming a triple layer of artificial grass system, replaceable tiles, and bed adjacent to the runway wherein
- each of the plurality of the replaceable tiles comprises a plurality of particles and a binding agent holding the particles together such that the plurality of particles form a plurality of water drainage passageways in each replaceable tile, is in direct contact with the bed, and has a compressive strength that is less than the weight of an aircraft but greater than the weight of a light vehicle, and
- whereby when an aircraft rolls over the arrestor system, the plurality of replaceable tiles, disposed under the artificial grass system, fracture from the force of the aircraft and decelerate the aircraft.
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A method of decelerating an aircraft, comprising the steps of:
- providing a base located adjacent a runway having a plurality of replaceable tiles,
- providing a bed disposed below the base,
- disposing an artificial grass system above the plurality of replaceable tiles as a cover, whereby forming a triple layer of artificial grass system, replaceable tiles, and bed adjacent to the runway wherein
- each of the plurality of the replaceable tiles comprises a plurality of particles and a binding agent holding the particles together such that the plurality of particles form a plurality of water drainage passageways in each replaceable tile, is in direct contact with the bed, and has a compressive strength that is less than the weight of an aircraft but greater than the weight of a light vehicle,
- rolling the aircraft over the arrestor system, and
- fracturing the plurality of replaceable tiles, disposed under the artificial grass system, from the force of the aircraft to decelerate the aircraft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.