Modular airborne flir support and extension structure
US6424804B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 27, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jul 23, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 27, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB64D47/08
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A modular camera support and extension structure which removably mounts on the seat tracks of a conventional aircraft and extends through a cargo pod door during usage, including a box structure containing a plurality of vertical rails which support a tracking plate positioned inside the box structure with linear bearings around its periphery, slidably mounted on said rails for vertical movement from a retracted position to an extended position; a camera rotatably mounted on the bottom of said tracking plate about a vertical axis; a pair of actuating sprockets connected by a drive chain mounted on the box structure, the drive chain is connected to the tracking plate for moving the FLIR camera from its retracted position to its extended position; a box frame structure mounted on the aircraft skin which includes stops on the box frame which lockingly engage the tracking plate in its extended position.
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