Patent · US Expired

Aircraft with deployable wing portions

US4659038A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Messerschmitt Bolkow Blohm GmbH · DE

Inventors

Hans-Jochen Hoeppner · Bremen, DE
Ulrich Kraemer · Wolfach, DE
Michael Soelter · Bremen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 4, 1984
Grant date	Apr 21, 1987
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 4, 2004

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB64U50/15
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The deployment of folded down wings in an aircraft following, for example, rocket assisted launching from the container is carried out through gas pressure springs with strong attenuation in the final phase, the springs being releasably coupled to the wings for being jettisoned upon completion of deployment.

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