Slide release mechanism

US4512678A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration · US

Inventors

• James W. Bunker · Sunnyvale, US
• Robert S. Ritchie · Santa Clarita, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 30, 1982
• Grant date: Apr 23, 1985
• Expiry date: Jun 30, 2002

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T403/593
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A releasable support device comprising a hollow body (A) with a sleeve (B) extending transversely therethrough for receiving the end of a support shank (E). A slider-latch (C), optionally lubricated, extends through side recesses (23) in the sleeve to straddle the shank, respectively, in latched and released positions. The slider-latch is slid from its latched to its unlatched position by a pressure squib (10) whereupon a spring (24) or other pressure means pushes the shank out of the sleeve. At the same time, a follower element (D) is lodged in and closes the hole in the body wall from which the shank was discharged.