Ordnance – Rocket launching – Underwater launching
Reexamination Certificate
2006-11-28
2006-11-28
Eldred, J. Woodrow (Department: 3641)
Ordnance
Rocket launching
Underwater launching
C089S001800, C089S001815, C114S316000, C114S319000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07140289
ABSTRACT:
An underwater missile launch system includes one or more missile loading modules for supporting a plurality of missiles disposed within protective capsules in a stackable, in-line configuration within a pressure vessel. The missiles are arranged inside the modules, which may be stacked in groups inside a single pressure vessel, or payload bay. Each module is preferably substantially identical including a common size, shape, and payload of missiles in common with the module above and below it. A one-way positioning latch is provided that prevents the upper missiles from dropping down on top of the lower missiles, while allowing the lower missiles to later pass up through the same launch tube as the upper missiles, after the upper missiles have been ejected.
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Ansay Michael T.
Broadmeadow James T.
Wroblewski Michael J.
Zervas Harry
Eldred J. Woodrow
Kasischke James M.
Nasser Jean-Paul A.
Stanley Michael P.
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
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