The Boeing Company

Bryan Michael Loris

Michael L Oleshchuk

Keith Ryan Hollen

Everett Ryan Eaton

Jonathan David Gettinger

Nathan Matthew Knibb

Alexander McGregor

Nathan Adam Kostelecky

An inlet cover mechanism for an air launched vehicle includes a quick release pin, a chassis, a collar, and a piston pin. The inlet cover mechanism facilitates attachment and deployment of an inlet cover with the air launched vehicle. The quick release pin is connected to the inlet cover. The chassis is connected to the air launched vehicle. The collar is connected to the chassis and is releasably engageable with the quick release pin. The piston pin is slidably engaged within the chassis and is configured to contact the quick release pin.

Inlet cover mechanism

A wing lock and deployment apparatus for an air launched vehicle includes a ball screw and driver acted on by a single actuation event. The disclosed wing lock and deployment apparatus is capable of unlocking deployable wings of an air launched vehicle, deploying deployable wings of the air launched vehicle from a stored position, and locking deployable wings of the air launched vehicle in a deployed position in sequential order with the one single actuation event.

Wing lock and deployment mechanism

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Saint Charles, MO, United States of America

Bryan Michael Loris