US 6,981,673 B1
Wear resisting sleeve system for aircraft landing arresting cables
Dale A. Sowell, Alexandria, Va. (US); Anh Le, Montgomery Village, Md. (US); and Eugene C. Fischer, Stevensville, Md. (US)
Assigned to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D.C. (US)
Filed on Nov. 05, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/985,076.
Int. Cl. B64C 25/68 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 244—110C 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. In combination with a cable for arresting motion of an aircraft on a non-skid surface during landing thereon, a system for minimizing wear of the non-skid surface and impact damage of the cable by slapping motion imposed thereon by the aircraft, comprising: protective means positioned on the cable at spaced locations for preventing contact thereof with the non-skid surface; and clamping means for holding the protective means positioned at said locations on the cable during engagement thereof by the aircraft, said protective means comprising: a plurality of cylindrical sleeves made of wear resisting material held at said spaced locations on the cable by the clamping means; each of the cylindrical sleeves comprising: a pair of arcuate sections having non-aligned abutting edges adhesively held in contact with each other by the clamping means; and pivot means for pivotally interconnecting said arcuate sections; to releasably hold the abutting edges in abutment with each other about the cable.