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    This United States patent, "Nonlinear Energy Absorption System", assigned to the US Navy, is based on the physical processes accompanying the rearrangement of a multiplicity of independent identical elements which are constrained to interact by the presence of a surrounding deformable envelope. They were inspired by the pioneering work of Osborne Reynolds on dilatancy of a granular medium.

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    This United States patent, "Nonlinear Energy Absorption System", assigned to the US Navy, is based on the physical processes accompanying the rearrangement of a multiplicity of independent identical elements which are constrained to interact by the presence of a surrounding deformable envelope. They were inspired by the pioneering work of Osborne Reynolds on dilatancy of a granular medium.

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    US Patent 3833952 Bruce L Rosenberg Diad

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    This United States patent, "Nonlinear Energy Absorption System", assigned to the US Navy, is based on the physical processes accompanying the rearrangement of a multiplicity of independent identical elements which are constrained to interact by the presence of a surrounding deformable envelope. They were inspired by the pioneering work of Osborne Reynolds on dilatancy of a granular medium.

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    United States Patent 191 Rosenberg un 3,833,952 (45) Sept. 10, 1974 (54) 175] Inventor: Bruce L. Rosenberg, Atlantic City, NJ. (73] Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the . ‘Navy, Washington, D.C. [22] Filed: Jan. 18, 1973 [21] Appl. No: 324,614 {52 5/353, 5/348 R, 5/355, 244/122. A in Ade 27/04, AdTe 27/22 {58} Fleld of Search ...'5/348 R, 353 WB, 355, 361; 297/452, 456, DIG. 103; 244/123 R, 122 A (56) References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2461062 2/1949 2hosa2s 9/1987 ari964 ro/1965 Petree Ty SOT TTPE PVE gt ee lieth gn Tenn ter raase Tp Sey ep 2 CAA Pa, 26 2 =H fo SS Lee LAE LLIN OLRM LLL EU RANQAASSSAAYITRUNS SASS 3382511 5/1968 3aolall 9/1968 31585356 6/1971 3601923 8/971 Primary Examiner—Casmit A. Nunberg ‘Attorney, Agent, or Firm—R. S. Sciascia; Henry (57) ‘ABSTRACT ‘A military aircraft ejection seat providing, normal ‘cushion comfort under ordinary conditions of use and effectively absorbing the inertal energy of the pilot when the seat ejects and undergoes a square wave ac- celeration. The seat comprises a plurality of cylindr- ‘eal shaped cushion-like rate nonlinear support ele- ‘ments between a metal seat pan and the buttocks of & pilot. The cushion-like supports are arranged in a hex- agonal pattern ard are provided with a helical spring that cushions the pilet in ordinary flight conditions and a flow-dilatant Suspension that substantially resists ‘compression only during high rates of compression. 7 Claims, 3 Drawing Figures PATENTEDSE1 0874 3,833,952 3,833,952 1 NONLINEAR ENERGY ABSORPTION SYSTEM ‘STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST ‘The invention described herein may be manufsc- $ tured and used by or for the Government of the United States of America for goveramental purposes without the payment of any royalties thereon or therefor. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION ‘The present invention generally relates to aircraft ection seats and more particulary to a seat having nonlinear characteristics to substantially resist com- pression during square wave acceleration. Ejection seals on military aircraft normally comprise 1 comfort cushion made of resilient plastic Zoam cover- {ng the pilot's survival kit which is a relatively dense block. The kit rests on the metal seat pan. On ection from the aircraR, the seat pan undergoes a square wave acceleration with a plateat of between 15 and 19 G's ‘Acceleration overshoot occurs due to the fairly high compressibility of the comfort cushion. This causes the ‘seat panto asin a considerable velocity with respect to the pilot's buttocks. When firm contact does occur, the peak forces applied tothe plot may be in the order 25 ‘of 30 0 38 G's for a period of appronmately 20 mili seconds. In other words, the pilot gets a “kick in the pants.” “The above presents a problem to provide pilot with ‘4 comfortable seat during normal operation that will not provide detrimental acceleration overshoot during ejection. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, itis a general purpose and object of the present invention to provide an improved acceleration Protective device. Its a further object to provide an Aircraft ejection seat with a cushion that prevents ac- celeration overshoot. Another object is to have the cushion provide a first means of support during normal “° Syren tn aro Fopper Gu “Tai is accomplished according to the present inven- tion by providing a cushion on which the pilot sts that includes support by means of a plurality of helical springs and a flow-dilatant material. The helical springs Support and cushion the pilot during normal operation and the flow-dilatant material substantially resists com- pression only during high rates of compression. This Prevents the acceleration overshoot that would occur ‘only the spring support were present and additionally provides a high degree of comfort that would be absent With only the flow-dilatant suspension present. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING. FIG. 1 is an aircraft ejection seat having a comfort ‘cushion with a dilatant suspension according to the present invention: IG, 2 shows a Sectional view of an elastic container gy of FIG. 1; and FIG. 3 shows 2 top view of the hexagonal arrange- ment of the elastic containers of FIG. 1. DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT ‘The primary sensible characteristics of flow-dilatant mixtures is that they have a very definite characteristic 30 3s so 3s 2 flow rate (CFR). As long as the forcing function rate is below the CFR, the materials flow easily with very Tine resistance; bt for higher CFR's, the apparent vis ‘cosity rises rapidly. ‘ilatancy is said to be caused by the close packing of suspended particles in aliquid. At higher rates of shear, nore ofthe liquid is trapped in voids between particles ‘and the particles rub agtinst cach other because of lack ‘of lubrication. This increases the resistance to flow of the diltant materials with increasing shear. Therefore, the damping effect of lowailutant supensions is strongly dependent on the rate of strain or deforma tion, At low rates, adilatant material such as an aque- ‘oursarch suspension behaves like a slightly viscous Tiqui while at high rates, the behavior f that ofa dense solid n adlition, its posible wo change the character- istic low rate of a given suspension over a fairly wide range by varying the relative proportions of the solid and liquid phase. Referring now to FIG. 1, there is shown a seat 10 for use as an alrcraft ejection seat Seat 10 has both a head rest 13 and a comfort cushion 11 rigidly attached and forming part of seat 10. The cushion 11 is comprised of a plurality of elastic containers 12 extending throughout cushion 11. The containers 12 may be regu lar right cylinders having a diameter of 1% inches and aheightof3 inches. Larger cross-sectional areas can be Used as wel as various eros-sectional shaped area; in fact, a cushion 11 could be built using only one large ‘container 12. However, this would not be totaly sais factory due to a floating sensation. FIG. 2 shows a partial cros-sectioal view of com- fort cushion 11 focusing on one ofthe plurality of con- tainers 12."The top cover of container 12 ean be com- Prised of material such as canvas 27 and undemeath itan interconnected lacing 20 of nylon or other suitable material. Both canvas 27 and lacing 20 must be perv- ‘ous to ar for reasons to be explained later. Underneath the lacing 20 isa plurality of rigid top plates 21. The plates 21 can be light weight plastic, metal or other Qinttis materia Tt piece 21 Can Gc aftne oo beeing, 20 hy ticing or other suitable meane if required. Under neath each top plate 21 isa container 12 comprising a helical tapered spring 22 and a flow dilatant materia 23, The spring should have a K ~ 10 Ib/inch. The flow

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