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US 9,540,017 B2Granted
Apparatus for automated transfer of large-scale missile hardware
AssigneeRaytheon Company
InventorsEric P. Huelsmann, Kenneth A. Tucker
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Abstract
A cradle drive system includes a cradle drive sled. The sled includes a pin configured to mechanically couple the sled to a cradle. The cradle is configured to hold a hardware load for movement along a factory rail. The sled also includes a power interface configured to provide torque to move a hardware load. The sled further includes processing circuitry configured to, in response to determining that the sled is mechanically coupled to the cradle, transfer the cradle and hardware load longitudinally along the factory rail.
Claims20
A cradle drive system (CDS) comprising:
- a sled comprising:
- a pin configured to mechanically couple the sled to a cradle, the cradle configured to hold a hardware load for movement along a factory rail;
- a power interface configured to provide torque that moves the hardware load;
- and
- processing circuitry configured to:
- determine that the sled is mechanically coupled to the cradle based on a latch status of the pin, and
- in response to a determination that the sled is mechanically coupled to the cradle, initiate a transfer of the cradle and the hardware load longitudinally along the factory rail.
4 more elements
A common rail system (CRS) comprising:
- a factory rail;
- a sled coupled to the factory rail, the sled comprising:
- a pin configured to mechanically couple the sled to a cradle, the cradle configured to hold a hardware load for movement along the factory rail;
- a power interface configured to provide torque that moves the hardware load;
- and
- processing circuitry configured to:
- determine that the sled is mechanically coupled to the cradle based on a latch status of the pin, and
- in response to a determination that the sled is mechanically coupled to the cradle, initiate a transfer of the cradle and the hardware load longitudinally along the factory rail.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.