Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Retractable runway edge sheave
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Application No.: US16402608Application Date: 2019-05-03
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Publication No.: US11136142B2Publication Date: 2021-10-05
- Inventor: Christopher J. Levesque , Daniel Glenn Warrick , Kirk F. Schneider , Kenneth J. Neeld
- Applicant: Engineered Arresting Systems Corporation
- Applicant Address: US PA Aston
- Assignee: Engineered Arresting Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee: Engineered Arresting Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Aston
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: B64F1/02
- IPC: B64F1/02 ; B64C25/68

Abstract:
A retractable runway edge sheave for use in an aircraft arresting system. The arresting system functions to extend a cable across a runway for capture by a tailhook of an aircraft. The retractable runway edge sheave is designed to raise and lower the cable. The disclosed system may also feature a ramping system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190337639A1 RETRACTABLE RUNWAY EDGE SHEAVE Public/Granted day:2019-11-07
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