Store ejection system and method of discharging a store from a vehicle

US10538330B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• Ryan Binkholder · Webster Groves, US
• John K. Foster · Saint Peters, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 28, 2017
• Grant date: Jan 21, 2020
• Expiry date: May 5, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64D1/02
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A store ejector rack including a first hook member and a second hook member, a split sleeve guide member, and a pair of split sleeve members, including a first split sleeve member and a second split sleeve member, operatively coupled to the split sleeve guide member. The first split sleeve member is coupled to the first hook member and the second split sleeve member is coupled to the second hook member. A valve control assembly is operatively coupled to the split sleeve guide member, wherein actuation of the split sleeve guide member causes actuation of the first hook member, the second hook member, and the valve control assembly.