The exemplary embodiments herein provide a tether for use with an airborne device, where the tether contains an elongate member having a first end for attaching to a ground attachment point and an opposing second end for attaching to the airborne device where the elongate member has a cross-sectional area which varies across the member. In some embodiments, the tether contains one or more electrically conductive elements, an optional strength element, insulation separating any adjacent electrically conductive elements, and a jacket which surrounds and protects each of the tether components.
Variable cross section tether
2021-09-14
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / F03D Windkraftmaschinen , WIND MOTORS / D07B ROPES OR CABLES IN GENERAL , Seile oder Kabel allgemein / B64F GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT , Boden- oder Flugzeugträgerdeckeinrichtungen besonders ausgebildet für die Verwendung in Verbindung mit Luftfahrzeugen |
NTRS | 1968
|Variable Flexibility Tether System
NTIS | 1968
|European Patent Office | 2024
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