Patent ID: 6206155
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: F16F

Abstract:
An energy dissipating shroud, adapted to be mounted adjacent an elongated housing enclosing at least one axially rotatable structure, for capturing fragments of the at least one rotatable structure which may fly radially outwardly from the rotatable structure in the event of a malfunction, the energy dissipating protective shroud comprising:a plurality of protective elongated members, the elongated members extending longitudinally of and alongside the elongated housing and adjacent to and alongside one another, the elongated members being oriented in an array which conforms to the external configuration of the housing and, in cross-section, extends around the housing,one or more bands of a high tensile strength material, each band extending circumferentially around the array of elongated members and the elongated housing, each band having one or more loops of the high tensile strength material having inside opposing surfaces, wherein the inside opposing surfaces of the one or more loops are joined together with a fastener having a lower strength than the material.