Patent ID: 9709121
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: B21D,B60N,B64D,F16F,F41H

Claim:
1. A mechanism for decreasing kinetic energy comprising: a carriage configured to connect to an object; a first wire passing through a top portion of the carriage; a second wire coterminous with the first wire at a top end and a bottom end, the second wire being substantially parallel with the first wire except for a deformed portion; a spreading wheel axially fixed in a center position of the carriage between the first and second wires and configured to plastically deform the first and second wires from a substantially parallel configuration to conform to a circumferential surface on two opposing sides of the spreading wheel as the carriage moves from the top end to the bottom end; and a pair of despreading wheels axially parallel to the spreading wheel and oriented proximal to the spreading wheel such that the first and second wires are plastically deformed by a circumferential surface of each of the despreading wheels such that the first and second wires are deformed again as the carriage moves from the top end to the bottom end.