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US 5,710,388 AGranted
Umbilical cord for projectile launching device
AssigneeThe Whitaker Corporation
InventorsJames David Hutchinson, Jonathan Nunn
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AssigneeThe Whitaker Corporation
InventorsJames David Hutchinson, Jonathan Nunn
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An umbilical cord for connecting the control systems within a control center to the operating systems of a projectile that is located within a launch tube and is to be launched therefrom, the umbilical cord comprising a cable having a plurality of conductors therein and having a control center end and a projectile end, a first connector terminated to the conductors at the control center and at a second connector terminated to the conductors at the projectile end, the second connector having insulation displacement contacts therein where the conductors are terminated and the second connector is captivatively pluggable into a recess in the side of the projectile through a port in the launch tube and upon the launching of the projectile, the connector remains with the projectile and the conductors remain with the launch tube, whereby the conductors are pulled free from the insulation displacement contacts.
An umbilical cord for connecting control systems within a control center to operating systems of a projectile that is located within a launch tube and is to be launched therefrom, the umbilical cord comprising a cable having a plurality of conductors therein and having a first connector terminated to the conductors at a control center end and at a second connector terminated to the conductors at a projectile end, the second connector having insulation displacement contacts therein where the conductors are terminated and the second connector is captivatively pluggable into a recess in the side of a projectile through a port in the launch tube and upon the launching of the projectile, the second connector remains therewith and the conductors remain with the launch tube whereby they are pulled from the insulation displacement contacts.
A launching assembly comprising a launch tube, a projectile provisionally attached to said tube prior to launching, and an umbilical cord for connecting control circuitry that is generally fixed relative the tube with operating systems within the projectile, the umbilical cord including a cable made up of a plurality of conductors and having a control circuitry end and an operating system end, the control circuitry end having a first connector thereupon and the operating system end having a second connector thereupon where the second connector contains contacts therein that are joined to conductors of the cable and the second connector is fixable to the projectile such that the force needed to displace the second connector from the projectile is greater than the force needed to pull the conductors from the contacts.
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