EP 1012361 A1 20000628 - FAILURE RESISTANT MULTILINE TETHER
Title (en)
FAILURE RESISTANT MULTILINE TETHER
Title (de)
MEHRSEITIGES FESSERESISTANT GEGEN VERSAGEN
Title (fr)
FILIN RESISTANT A LA RUPTURE A LIGNES MULTIPLES
Publication
Application
Priority
US 9705840 W 19970422
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO9848089A1] A tether (Figure 6) having the special technical feature of multiple primary load-bearing lines (601, 603) and normally slack secondary lines (605, 603). These primary and secondary lines are connected together with knotless, slipless interconnections so the tether maintains high strength and some of the lines can be cut without failure of the tether when it is operated near the ultimate failure load of the material from which it is constructed. This tether can safely carry (Figure 31) load hundreds of times longer than prior art tethers in harsh environments where a single-line tether experiences a substantial risk of failure. The specific industrial applications of an electrodynamic tether system to deorbit satellites and a low Earth orbit to lunar surface tether transport system are all part of the general innovative concept of the invention.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
B63B 21/50 (2006.01); B64G 1/64 (2006.01); B64G 1/40 (2006.01); B64G 1/42 (2006.01); B64G 9/00 (2006.01); B64G 99/00 (2009.01)
CPC (source: EP)
B63B 21/502 (2013.01); B64G 1/648 (2013.01); D04C 1/08 (2013.01); D04C 3/08 (2013.01); D04C 3/30 (2013.01); B64G 1/409 (2013.01); B64G 1/421 (2013.01); B64G 99/00 (2022.08); D10B 2403/0333 (2013.01); D10B 2507/02 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
BE CH DE ES FR GB IT LI NL SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 9848089 A1 19981029; AU 3877897 A 19981113; EP 1012361 A1 20000628; EP 1012361 A4 20010502
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 9705840 W 19970422; AU 3877897 A 19970422; EP 97936009 A 19970422