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 7:
8. A sandwich cable fairing comprising:
a rectangular strip of multilayered adhesive material with a midpoint,
wherein
the rectangular strip is woven around armor strands of the cable up to the midpoint of the rectangular strip, creating two equal length ends, and wherein
the rectangular strip of is folded at its midpoint around the armor strands and the ends adhered together to create a three layered mono ribbon fairing extending from the cable, and 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 having a vertex toward an end of the third layer next to the cable.