Lightweight composite launcher pod
US4604939A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 20, 1984 |
| Grant date | Aug 12, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 20, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF41F3/042
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A lightweight composite launcher pod which includes a multiplicity of eloted launcher tubes that are accurately aligned in a composite material with the composite material having four outer sides with alignment surfaces on three of the sides and bearing and alignment surfaces on the other side, and the lightweight composite launcher pod being capable of serving as the shipping and storage container for rockets before launching of the rockets as well as for launching the rockets therefrom when mounted in a launcher structure.
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