Concentric canister launcher

US6230604A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• United Defense LP · US

Inventors

• Lowell R. Larson · Andover, US
• Garry Lee Teigland · Rosemount, US
• Neil G. Anderson · Loretto, US
• James M. Ickstadt · Minneapolis, US
• Virgil F. Voeller, II · Fridley, US
• John D. Buehler · Bridgeton, US
• Angela Flakne · Maple Grove, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 13, 1998
• Grant date: May 15, 2001
• Expiry date: Jan 13, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F41F3/052
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A canister for launching a missile having a cylindrical outer tube with a hemispherical head releaseably secured to its lower end connected through stiffeners to an inner tubular member to form a passage for the gases generated when the missile is fired. A restraint mechanism secures the missile to a base plate, which is itself mounted on shock absorbers, with a release mechanism responsive to the firing of the missile for disabling the restraint mechanism.