Patent ID: 11958570
Assignee: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
Field: Surface technology, coating (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 13:
14. A method for minimizing fairing flapping behind a cable comprising:
weaving a rectangular strip of multilayered, adhesive material with a midpoint around armor strands of the cable up to the rectangular strip's midpoint creating two equal length ends;
folding the rectangular strip of adhesive material at its midpoint around the armor strands and the cable; and
adhering the ends of the rectangular strip of adhesive material together to create a three layered mono-ribbon fairing extending from the cable, wherein the three layered mono-ribbon fairing comprises:
a first layer of elastic material;
a second layer of elastic material; and
a third layer of damping material attached to and between the first and second layer of elastic material behind the cable, wherein the third layer of damping material is a five-sided polygon with an equilateral triangle with its vertex toward an end of the third layer next to the cable.