RELEASE OF DAUGHTER MISSILES
Assignee
SHORT BROTHERS PLC
Filed
Jun 5, 1985
Granted
Jul 11, 1995
Location
COUNTY DOWN NI GB
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.
Source: Google Patents
35 USC §181 Secrecy Order
Imposed
Mar 19, 1986
Rescinded
Jul 27, 1994
Duration
8 years, 4 months
Inventor
- 1ALBERT DUNN
Record Details
- Patent number
- US 5431106
- Application
- 06754935
- Aerospace match
- Yes
- Dataset source
- 35 USC §181 SO records
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