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US 5,487,322 AGranted
Store ejector
AssigneeM. L. Aviation Company Limited
InventorGlenn M. Rhodes
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Abstract
A store ejector includes at least one fluid pressure operated ram (4). In use the ram (4) engages and ejects a store (5). The ejector includes a source of fluid under pressure and a throttle valve connected between the source of fluid under pressure and the ram (4). A pressure sensor detects the pressure supplied to the ram and an extension sensor monitors the extension of the ram. A computer receives inputs from the pressure and extension sensors and provides a control output to the throttle valve to control the valve to provide a predetermined applied thrust profile to the store.
Claims15
A store ejector comprising:
- a fluid pressure operated ram for engaging and ejecting a store,
- means for supplying fluid under pressure to said ram,
- a throttle valve connected in series between said means for supplying and said ram,
- programmable means for computing operatively connected to said throttle valve,
- means operatively connected to said programmable means for monitoring a fluid pressure applied to said ram and inputting to said programmable means a signal representative of said fluid pressure, and
- means operatively connected to said programmable means for monitoring extension of said ram and inputting to said programmable means a signal dependent on said extension,
- said programmable means including means for outputting a control signal to said throttle valve for controlling said throttle valve in response to outputs of said means for monitoring a fluid pressure and said means for monitoring extension of said ram, thereby controlling said ram to apply a predetermined thrust profile to said store.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.