Patent ID: 8627757
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
Classification: F41H

Abstract:
1. A system for use in a construction having a compartment to be protected from an explosive threat incoming from an expected threat direction, the compartment including peripheral portions, a surface having respective ends coupled to the peripheral portions of the compartment and disposed in front of the compartment relative to the threat direction and being spaced therefrom, the surface having at least a section thereof expected to be impacted by the explosive threat, and a component associated with the compartment and disposed between the surface and the compartment, the system comprising: an elongated element having two end portions and a bendable portion, the elongated element being configured for mounting in said construction so as to be at least indirectly fixedly attached to the surface at or near the respective ends of the surface that are coupled to the peripheral portions of the compartment and so that at least a part of said bendable portion is disposed between said section and said compartment and is configured to flex towards the compartment to be protected, upon application thereto of a force caused by the explosive threat; and two cables, each cable being connectable at one end thereof to the component, and at the other end thereof being connected to one of the ends of the elongated element so that flexing of the bendable portion towards the component causes pulling of the cables by the ends of the elongated element away from the component, thereby restricting the movement of the component towards the compartment to be protected.