Restraint system

• Main Authors: Robert William McCoy, James Chih Cheng, Mohammad Omar Faruque, Mohammed Ridha Baccouche, Saeed David Barbat, Dean M. Jaradi
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 02.01.2019
• Subjects: BLASTING; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; HEATING; LIGHTING; MEANS FOR DAMPING VIBRATION; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; SPRINGS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR; WEAPONS

A restraint system includes a housing 48, a spool 50 rotatably coupled to the housing, a pinion 52 fixed to the spool, a rack 56 engaged with the pinion, and a piston 60 attached to the rack and the housing. The piston is filled with a resilient material 76. The resilient material may be a heterogen...