Aeronautics and astronautics – Miscellaneous
Patent
1991-03-26
1992-03-10
Barefoot, Galen
Aeronautics and astronautics
Miscellaneous
244138R, 244152, 114247, 114253, 182239, 273360, B64D 302
Patent
active
050944053
ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to a mechanically braked vehicle deployment device. The deployment device comprises a spool member having a guide member rigidly connected thereto. A tow line is bifilar wound about the spool member in a manner wherein one end of the tow line extends through the guide member and is attached to an aircraft while the other end extends from the spool member and is attached to a towed vehicle. The towed vehicle and the deployment device are deployed simultaneously, and the spool, by nature of its bifilar winding, assumes a position between the aircraft and the towed vehicle. A braking assembly is interfaced to the spool member in a manner operable to provide a braking force during payout of the towed vehicle to control the rotational speed of the spool during tow line payout. At the end of the towed vehicle payout, the deployment device is adapted to disengage itself from the tow line and propel itself away from the tow line and clear of the towed vehicle.
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Barefoot Galen
Southwest Aerospace Corporation
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