Store ejection system and method of discharging a store from a vehicle
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsRyan Binkholder, John K. Foster
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Abstract
A store ejector rack including a first hook member and a second hook member, a split sleeve guide member, and a pair of split sleeve members, including a first split sleeve member and a second split sleeve member, operatively coupled to the split sleeve guide member. The first split sleeve member is coupled to the first hook member and the second split sleeve member is coupled to the second hook member. A valve control assembly is operatively coupled to the split sleeve guide member, wherein actuation of the split sleeve guide member causes actuation of the first hook member, the second hook member, and the valve control assembly.
Claims20
A store ejector rack comprising:
- a first hook member and a second hook member;
- a split sleeve guide member;
- a pair of split sleeve members, comprising a first split sleeve member and a second split sleeve member, disposed around and operatively coupled to said split sleeve guide member, said first split sleeve member coupled to a first hook linkage actuating said first hook member and said second split sleeve member coupled to a second hook linkage actuating said second hook member;
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- a valve control assembly operatively coupled to and actuated by linear translation of said split sleeve guide member, wherein actuation via linear translation of said split sleeve guide member causes actuation of said first hook member, said second hook member, and said valve control assembly.
A store ejection system comprising:
- a fluid source;
- an actuation system comprising:
- an accumulator in selective fluid communication with said fluid source;
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- a poppet valve configured to control a flow of fluid channeled from said accumulator;
- a split sleeve guide member actuatable via displacement by said poppet valve;
- a pair of split sleeve members, comprising a first split sleeve member and a second split sleeve member, disposed around and operatively coupled to said split sleeve guide member, wherein said pair of split sleeve members are positioned about said split sleeve guide member such that a gap is defined therebetween;
- an isolation valve configured to control a flow of fluid channeled from said fluid source to said accumulator;
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- a valve control assembly operatively coupled to said isolation valve, and operatively coupled to and actuated by linear translation of said split sleeve guide member through said gap, wherein actuation of said split sleeve guide member causes actuation of said valve control assembly and said isolation valve.
A method of discharging a store from a vehicle, said method comprising:
- releasably retaining a store within a store ejector rack with a first hook member and a second hook member;
- providing fluid from a fluid source to an accumulator via an isolation valve;
- actuating a poppet valve in flow communication with the accumulator;
- actuating a split sleeve guide member based on actuation via displacement of the poppet valve, the split sleeve guide member having a pair of split sleeve members, including a first split sleeve member and a second split sleeve member, disposed around and operatively coupled thereto, wherein the pair of split sleeve members are positioned about the split sleeve guide member such that a gap is defined therebetween;
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- actuating a valve control assembly based on actuation via linear displacement of the split sleeve guide member, the valve control assembly operatively coupled to the split sleeve guide member through the gap, and operatively coupled to the isolation valve such that actuation of the split sleeve guide member causes actuation of the isolation valve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.