Aeronautics and astronautics – Aircraft propulsion – Launching
Patent
1977-09-15
1978-08-01
Barefoot, Galen L.
Aeronautics and astronautics
Aircraft propulsion
Launching
24211P, 294 83R, 403 15, 403 31, B64F 104, B64F 116
Patent
active
041038495
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for restraining an aircraft against the combined forces of a cault launching shuttle and aircraft takeoff power during a catapult assisted takeoff until a predetermined combined force level has been reached. Release of the aircraft is triggered by the relative movement of a central piston within a housing which causes disengagement of gripping lugs from a tensile bar attached to the aircraft. The relative movement is enabled by the compressibility of hydraulic oil confined within the apparatus and loaded by the combined forces.
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Holt Lloyd J.
Panlaqui Clayton E.
Barefoot Galen L.
Hennen Thomas W.
Miller Roy
Sciascia R. S.
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
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