Spring arrangement for countermeasure magazines
AssigneeSaab AB
InventorRichard Sundberg
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a spring arrangement for use in a countermeasure magazine, said spring arrangement including a plurality of elements, wherein each one of said elements has a base portion and a plurality of spring portions extending from a first edge of said base portion, and wherein said spring portions of each element are distributed along a length of said base portion, and wherein said elements include mating connection means such that said elements may be connected to each other.
Claims10
A spring arrangement in a countermeasure magazine, said spring arrangement comprising a plurality of elements,
- wherein each one of said elements has a base portion and a plurality of spring portions extending from a first edge of said base portion,
- wherein said spring portions of each element are distributed along a length of said base portion,
- wherein said elements comprise mating connection means such that said elements are connected to each other,
- wherein said base portions comprise magazine connectors arranged at two opposite ends of each one of said base portions and wherein at least one of said magazine connectors comprises a locking mechanism such that said spring arrangement is locked in place in relation to a countermeasure magazine.
A countermeasure magazine in a countermeasure dispenser, said countermeasure magazine comprising a frame and a spring arrangement comprising a plurality of elements,
- wherein each element of the plurality of elements has a base portion and a plurality of spring portions extending from a first edge of said base portion,
- wherein said base portions comprise magazine connectors arranged at two opposite ends of each one of said base portions and wherein at least one of said magazine connectors comprises a locking mechanism such that said spring arrangement is locked in place in relation to a countermeasure magazine,
- wherein said spring portions of each element are distributed along a length of said base portion,
- wherein the plurality of elements comprises mating connection means such that said elements are connected to each other, and
- wherein said spring arrangement is connected to said frame such that said spring arrangement and said frame jointly define a grid of cartridge chambers.
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