Wing mount adjustment
AssigneeSikorsky Aircraft Corporation
InventorsBarton J. Hainsworth, Donald M. Bossardet
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Abstract
A mounting apparatus includes a fixed mounting structure that is fixed relative to a vehicle wing, the fixed mounting structure including a first fixed fitting and a second fixed fitting. The mounting apparatus further includes a rotatable mounting structure having a swivel fitting configured to engage the first fixed fitting and to swivel with respect to the first fixed fitting, the rotatable mounting structure also having a slide fitting configured to slide with respect to the second fixed fitting based on the swivel fitting being engaged with the first fixed fitting.
Claims18
A mounting apparatus, comprising:
- a fixed mounting structure that is fixed relative to a vehicle wing, the fixed mounting structure including a first fixed fitting and a second fixed fitting;
- and
- a rotatable mounting structure having a swivel fitting configured to engage the first fixed fitting and to swivel with respect to the first fixed fitting, the rotatable mounting structure also having a slide fitting configured to slide with respect to the second fixed fitting based on the swivel fitting being engaged with the first fixed fitting.
A method of mounting an object to a vehicle wing, comprising:
- engaging a swivel fitting with a first fixed fitting, the first fixed fitting fixed with respect to the vehicle wing and the swivel fitting rotatable with respect to the vehicle wing;
- and
- engaging a slide fitting with respect to the second fixed fitting while the swivel fitting is engaged with the first fixed fitting, the slide fitting configured to slide with respect to the second fixed fitting while being supported by the second fixed fitting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.