Apparatus for controlling aircraft on ships or the like

Details Apparatus for controlling aircraft on ships or the like Apparatus for controlling aircraft on ships or the like

1993-08-09

1994-09-20

Swinehart, Edwin L.

Ships

Mother ship, floating landing platform, and harbor

Aircraft

244115, B64F 122

Patent

active

053479475

ABSTRACT:
There is provided aircraft securing apparatus for securing an aircraft against toppling on the deck of a ship or the like. The apparatus includes a rotatable arm pivotal in a plane substantially parallel to the deck to engage a downwardly-projecting probe of an aircraft. A releasable clamp is mounted on the arm and is adapted to be slidable from a stored position to a probe-engaging position, and a sensor is provided on the arm for sensing engagement of the probe by the arm and actuating locking of the clamp about the probe. A drive motor is provided for effecting rotation of the arm.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3830452 (1914-08-01), Seay
patent: 4123020 (1978-10-01), Korsak
patent: 4420132 (1983-12-01), Martin
patent: 4786014 (1988-11-01), Pesando et al.

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