# US 4,392,411 A · Launch for carrying and launching flying bodies, in particular for aircraft

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- Number: US 4,392,411 A
- Document ID: US4392411A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/249,618
- Filed: 1981-03-31
- Granted: 1983-07-12
- Earliest claimed: 1981-03-31
- Assignees: Dornier GmbH
- Inventors: Bernd Minkler
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4392411A

## CPC

- B64D 7/08: Arrangement of rocket launchers
- B64D 1/02: Dropping, ejecting, or releasing articles (jettisonable fuel reservoirs B64D37/12)
- F41F 3/06: from aircraft {(F41F3/0406 takes precedence; arrangements of rocket launchers on aircraft B64D7/08; bomb releasing in flight B64D1/06)}
- B64D: EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
- F41F: APPARATUS FOR LAUNCHING PROJECTILES OR MISSILES FROM BARRELS, e.g. CANNONS (smallarms F41C); LAUNCHERS FOR ROCKETS OR TORPEDOES; HARPOON GUNS (functional features or details common to both smallarms and ordnance, mountings therefor F41A; projecting missiles without use of explosive or combustible propellant charge F41B)

## Abstract

This invention relates to an improvement in a launch for carrying and launching flying bodies, in particular for aircraft, with guide devices in the form of guide rails and guide claws engaging said rails and bearing the flying body, the improvement comprising (a) means whereby the guide claws can be adjusted together with the flying body relative to the aircraft-fixed launch in the direction of flight within the guide rails and also relative to the flying body they carry in the direction of the flying body tail, (b) detachable, positive connection means and frictional connection means between the guide claws and the flying body, and (c) braking means for the guide claws at the launch.

## Claims

### Claim 1

In a launch for carrying and launching flying bodies, in particular for aircraft, with guide devices in the form of guide rails and guide claws engaging said rails and bearing the flying body,
the improvement comprising
(a) means whereby the guide claws can be adjusted together with the flying body relative to the aircraft-fixed launch in the direction of flight within the guide rails and also relative to the flying body they carry in the direction of the flying body tail,
(b) detachable, positive connection means and frictional connection means between the guide claws and the flying body, and
(c) braking means for the guide claws at the launch.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A launch according to claim 1, in which the positive connection between the claws and the flying body comprises locking engaging means adapted to be actuated in an unlocking manner by switch detents at the claws and switch projections fixed to the rails and mounted to the launch.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A launch according to claim 1, in which the braking means comprises brake rails which act on the guide claws with a predetermined compression.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

A launch according to claim 1, in which the frictional connection between the flying body and the guide claws is implemented, after unlocking the positive connection, by a center bolt, and means whereby the center bolt can be moved with respect to the claw in the direction of flight of the flying body by overcoming said frictional force.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

A launch according to claim 4, including spring means whereby the center bolt after separation from the claw automatically moves into a clearance in the flying body so as to be flush with the contour thereof.