Daniel R Webber

US Patent:

20170356137, Dec 14, 2017

Filed:

Jun 10, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/179033

Inventors:

Daniel Webber - Jersey City NJ, US
Jami Bjornstad - Edison NJ, US
Casimir Joseph Bernacki - New Hyde Park NY, US
Joseph Marsano - West Caldwell NJ, US
Patel Nisraiyya - Scotch Plains NJ, US
Matthew Barsotti - Austin TX, US
Geoffrey Frank - Dayton OH, US
Kevin B. Bleach - New Providence NJ, US

International Classification:

E01C 9/00
B64F 1/02

Abstract:

An aircraft arrestor system which provides a controllable deceleration force for an aircraft during an overrun event is disclosed. The arrestor systems arrest aircraft movement by creating a controllable deceleration force or drag force on the aircraft's landing gear. The aircraft arrestor system comprises an arresting medium which is contained by a plurality of adjacent containment cells. The arresting medium comprises smooth and rounded expanded glass particles which are loose and unbroken. The particles also have a controlled size range of about 0.04 inches to about 0.75 inches, and at least about 75% of the particles have a minimum size which is not less than about of the size of the largest particles.