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US 7,624,947 B2Granted
Armament carriage system
AssigneeBlack Rum Engineering Services LLC
InventorsKevin A. Dortch, Daniel J. Hare
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Abstract
A carriage and release system for stores (armaments such as rockets and bombs) on an aircraft includes a bracket adapted for attachment to the aircraft. A pylon is mounted on the bracket for movement in a pitch direction relative to the aircraft. A mechanism is provided to power the pitch movement and position it at a predetermined angle relative to the aircraft. A variety of stores carriers may be employed with the pylon. Subcarriages may also be mounted to the pylon for attaching additional stores carriers.
Claims13
A carriage and release system for stores carried on an aircraft, comprising:
- a bracket adapted for attachment to the aircraft;
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- a pylon mounted on said bracket wherein said pylon is selectively adjustable, by a power mechanism during flight, in a pitch direction relative to said aircraft, said pylon including a mounting port defined by a resilient first arm and a resilient second arm, said first and second arms having distal ends that are separated by a slot such that said mounting port is adjustable by resiliently biasing said distal ends of said first and second arms towards each other;
- means for resiliently biasing said distal ends of said first and second arms toward each other;
- wherein said first and second arms further define a downwardly open T-shaped slot having a width that is reduced by resiliently biasing said distal ends of said first and second arms towards each other.
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