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Restraint and release device

US8651765B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 21, 2010
Grant dateFeb 18, 2014
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Expiry dateMay 15, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T403/593
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for the restraint and release of a deployable body mounted on a support structure, the device being operable between a stowed condition and a released condition, and having: further being provided with a tensioning mechanism embedded in the device such that it applies a substantially pure-tension pre-load to the releasable tensioned element.

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