Protection system

• US 8,539,875 B1
• Filed: 08/28/2012
• Issued: 09/24/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Foster-Miller Incorporated (Thermo Fisher Scientific Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Foster-Miller Incorporated (Thermo Fisher Scientific Incorporated)
• Inventors: Hoadley, David J., Truong, Thieu, Anderson, Gary, Farinella, Michael, Knochenhaur, Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): HAYES, BRET C
• Application Number:
  US13/596,472
• Publication Number:
  US 20130263730A1
• Time in Patent Office: 392 Days
• Field of Search: 89/360.1, 89/360.2, 89/360.7, 89/360.8, 89/361.7, 280/743.1, 296/187.06
• US Class Current: 89/36.17
• CPC Class Codes: F41H 11/02 Anti-aircraft or anti-guided missile or anti-torpedo defence installations or systems cartridges or missiles for producing smoke or for dispensing radar chaff or infrared material F42B5/15, F42B12/48, F42B12/70; informative reference: details of radar or sonar systems G01S7/00; jamming or electronic countermeasures G01S7/38, G01S7/495, H04K3/00
• CPC Class Codes: F41H 13/0006 Ballistically deployed systems for restraining persons or animals, e.g. ballistically deployed nets
• CPC Class Codes: F41H 5/007 Reactive armour; Dynamic armour
• CPC Class Codes: F41H 5/026 Slat armour; Nets

Abstract

A net deployment system which, in one example, includes lengthy housing with a channel therein, a net folded in the channel, a lengthy bladder fixed to the housing and in the channel behind the net, attachments between the net and the bladder, and at least one inflator charge for inflating the bladder to deploy the net out of the channel.

Claims

1. A net deployment system comprising:

a lengthy housing with a channel therein;

a net folded in the channel;

a lengthy bladder fixed to the housing and in the channel behind the net;

breakaway attachments between the net and the bladder; and

at least one inflator charge for inflating the bladder to deploy the net out of the channel.

2. The net deployment system of claim 1 in which the housing includes a clamping strip therealong and the bladder is clamped to the clamping strip via a clamp.

3. The net deployment system of claim 2 in which the bladder includes pockets with reinforcing strips therein disposed on opposite sides of the clamping strip.

4. The net deployment system of claim 1 in which the bladder includes a flap therealong including grommets therein for the attachments.

5. The net deployment system of claim 1 in which the bladder includes closure arms releasably securable together over the net.

6. The net deployment system of claim 1 in which the net is square and between 2-3 m on a side.

7. The net deployment system of claim 1 in which the net is between 30 and 60 mm mesh.

8. A net deployment system comprising:

a lengthy housing with a channel therein;

a net folded in the channel;

a lengthy bladder fixed to the housing and in the channel behind the net, the bladder including pockets with reinforcing strips therein disposed on opposite sides of the clamping strip;

attachments between the net and the bladder; and

at least one inflator charge for inflating the bladder to deploy the net out of the channel.

9. The net deployment system of claim 8 in which the housing and the bladder are between 200-280 cm long.