Patent · US Expired

Ballistically deployed restraining net

US5750918A · kind A · utility

123Cited by
59References
24Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateOct 17, 1995
Grant dateMay 12, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 17, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF41H13/0006
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A ballistically deployed restraining net system including a projectile, a net packaged in the projectile, a net deployment device for unfurling the net in flight, and a fuze for triggering the net deployment device upon the occurrence of a preestablished criteria such as the impact of the projectile with an object, the expiration of a preestablished time period after launch or upon the projectile reaching a predetermined distance to an object.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.