Truss Reinforced Radome Crown Structure Shock Absorbing And Recoiling Sysytem
OwnerHoward R. Vermillion, JR.inventor
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A truss reinforced radome crown structure shock absorbing and recoiling system that is utilized with an aircraft antenna adapter plate or other satellite communication (SAT-COM) structure to an aircraft airframe or fuselage and for allowing for pressurized expansion and contraction of the fuselage, or to protect against a bird strike incident or rapid decompression event. There are multiple design configurations of the system, with all configurations utilizing an actuating recoiling strut. In first and second design configurations, the strut is used on an adapter plate or adjacent to attachment lugs. A third design configuration uses a strut with a sliding mechanism. In all configurations after decompression, a bird strike incident or rapid decompression event the system will allow a fuselage to return to an original position.
A truss reinforced radome crown structure shock absorbing and recoiling system for mounting antenna adapter plates or other satellite communication (SAT COM) structures to an aircraft fuselage and allowing for pressurized expansion and contraction of the fuselage, wherein said system is comprised of an actuating recoiling strut including:
A truss reinforced radome crown structure shock absorbing and recoiling system that is secured to an aircraft's airframe or fuselage to allow a crown structure, or components of a crown structure, to recoil upon impact, wherein said system comprising at least one actuating recoiling strut with a housing, a male cap, an actuating rod, and a compression spring, wherein a truss structure adapter plate's attachment lugs are mounted to slide mechanisms attached to a base of the adapter plate, with said actuating recoiling strut mounted behind each lug attachment, aft or forward of each attachment, wherein said struts allow the radome crown structure to react and recoil, thereby protecting the structure from a bird strike incident or a rapid decompression event
A truss reinforced radome crown structure shock absorbing and recoiling system that is secured to an aircraft's airframe or fuselage to allow a crown structure, or components of a crown structure, to recoil upon impact, wherein said system comprises at least one actuating recoiling strut with a housing, a male cap, and actuating rod, and a compression spring, wherein said actuating recoiling strut is attached to a slide mechanism which is mounted at an actuating base plate or at attachment lugs, wherein recoiling action is accomplished by splitting an adapter plate into upper and lower plate sections, and maintaining the two plate sections attached to and parallel with one another through the use of said slide mechanism which al lows only the upper plate section to slide in the directions of forward and aft when an impact occurs, wherein said struts attached to said slide mechanism minimizes the force of the impact shock and allows the upper plate section to only slide or recoil by a preset amount of retention pressure.
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