Mobile aircraft launcher
US6457673B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 16, 2000 |
| Grant date | Oct 1, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 17, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB64F1/06
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A mobile aircraft launcher includes a towable, tiltable, wheeled trailer, a launch beam comprising a plurality of sections hinged to one another, an aircraft-engaging shuttle mounted on the launch beam, and a shuttle-moving drive arrangement mounted on the trailer. The launch beam is mounted on the trailer and is movable between a folded, transport condition, in which the beam sections are generally side-by-side, and a launch condition, in which the beam sections are colinear. In the colinear arrangement, a portion of the launch beam extends forward of the trailer, that portion being supportable entirely through the trailer.
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