Ordnance – Rocket launching – Underwater launching
Patent
1985-08-30
1987-03-03
Brown, David H.
Ordnance
Rocket launching
Underwater launching
89 1816, F41F 304
Patent
active
046466177
ABSTRACT:
A shock absorbing support pad system for a missile utilizing a pad formed from two spaced apart arcuate sheets and a plurality of chevron-shaped struts extending between the sheets and made integral therewith, an arcuate metal plate having a plurality of closely disposed bell-shaped protrusions with their domes removed adhesively attached to the inner arcuate sheet and a sheet of foam sandwiched between two Kevlar sheets which are stitched together and disposed between the metal plate and the missile to distribute the load over small irregularities on the missile surface and insure separation of the pad from the missile after launch.
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Baehr, Jr. F. J.
Brown David H.
Westinghouse Electric Corp.
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