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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2006
Michael D. Farinella, Belmont, MA (US);
Thomas F. Hafer, Arlington, VA (US);
Christopher Moeller, Nashua, NH (US);
Loren Howard, Waban, MA (US);
Scott Lavalley, Marlborough, MA (US);
Michael D. Farinella, Belmont, MA (US);
Thomas F. Hafer, Arlington, VA (US);
Christopher Moeller, Nashua, NH (US);
Loren Howard, Waban, MA (US);
Scott LaValley, Marlborough, MA (US);
Foster-Miller, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A protection system features a flexible packaged net with perimeter weighting housed in a deployment box releasably attached to a vehicle. One deployment subsystem includes an airbag packaged in the deployment box behind the net. A sensor subsystem detects an incoming threat and a fire control subsystem is responsive to the sensor subsystem and is configured to activate the deployment subsystem to inflate the airbag and deploy the net in the trajectory path of the incoming threat.