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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2014
Applicant:
Mide Technology Corporation, Medford, MA (US);
Inventors:
Attila Jozsef Lengyel, Medford, MA (US);
Marthinus Cornelius van Schoor, Arlington, MA (US);
Jeffrey Richard Court, Stow, MA (US);
Assignee:
Mide Technology Corporation, Medford, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 11/08 (2006.01); F16L 55/033 (2006.01); D04C 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 11/085 (2013.01); D04C 1/02 (2013.01); F16L 11/088 (2013.01); F16L 55/0336 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract
An in-flight refueling hose and method. The hose includes an inner braid including pseudoelastic shape memory alloy (e.g., nitinol) wires. These wires undergo a stress induced phase change absorbing energy to dampen oscillations of the hose in use.