Release of daughter missiles

Details Release of daughter missiles Release of daughter missiles

1985-06-05

1995-07-11

Tudor, Harold J.

Ammunition and explosives

Shells

With secondary shells

102357, 102374, 102377, F42B 1258

Patent

active

054311063

ABSTRACT:
Daughter missiles 11 are catapulted forward from a mother missile 10 when a rocket motor 12 of the mother no longer accelerates the missiles. A catapult force generated at a piston head 43 by the pressure of gas from the rocket motor on rearward facing surfaces 26 of the daughters is large enough to shear pins 34 holding the daughters to the mother, but only when the forces of reaction of the daughters 11 on the piston 43, due to acceleration, have fallen off. Preferably the daughters are thrown outwardly at release, most preferably by axial spinning of the structure of the mother to which they are mounted.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3295444 (1967-01-01), Cushing et al.
patent: 3461801 (1969-08-01), Vitale et al.
patent: 3771455 (1973-11-01), Haas
patent: 3946672 (1976-03-01), Adams et al.
patent: 4488489 (1984-12-01), Schoffl

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