Ordnance – Bomb – flare and signal dropping – Bomb displaced from exterior of plane
Patent
1977-08-29
1979-01-02
Brown, David H.
Ordnance
Bomb, flare and signal dropping
Bomb displaced from exterior of plane
244137R, 294 8625, 294 96, 403 14, 403317, 403290, F41F 502
Patent
active
041321472
ABSTRACT:
A retention and release mechanism utilizes a collet with deflectable fingers to allow assembly of the mechanism onto an object which is to be retained. Movement of the object toward the mechanism causes a force to be exerted on the bottom end of a plunger and movement of the plunger, which is coupled to a lockpin by a plurality of spherical balls and a split ring, from a released to a retained position. In the retained position, the balls secure the lockpin in a fixed position relative to the collet while mating tapered surfaces at the ends of the collet fingers and the lockpin cooperate to retain the object to which an expendable bushing has been attached, the bushing being part of the mechanism. To release the object, a force must be exerted on the top end of the plunger to move it to an axial position wherein the balls are released from their fixed position relative to the collet and the mating tapered surfaces move away from each other. The weight of the object causes the fingers to deflect inwardly, releasing the object.
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patent: 2499712 (1950-03-01), Armstrong
patent: 3010752 (1961-11-01), Geffner
patent: 3121583 (1964-02-01), Damm
patent: 3181908 (1965-05-01), Clark
patent: 3638988 (1972-01-01), Brown
patent: 3810671 (1974-05-01), Jeffery
patent: 3887150 (1975-06-01), Jakubowski
Brown David H.
Nerenberg Aaron
SPS Technologies, Inc.
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