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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2020
Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
James Everett Kooiman, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Jeffrey Matthew Williams, Hudson Oaks, TX (US);
Clegg Benjamin Brian Smith, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Michael E. Rinehart, Euless, TX (US);
Franklin Foster Caldwell, North Richland Hills, TX (US);
Tjepke Heeringa, Dallas, TX (US);
Textron Innovations Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Abstract
A system is described and includes at least one track attached to an upper interior surface of a payload bay and extending along a bottom surface of a vehicle structure external to the payload bay, wherein the track comprises a horizontal flange; a rack moveably connected to the at least one track via at least one carrier assembly; and a payload actuator system for selectively extending the rack from the payload bay along the at least one track to a position from which payload carried by the rack may be safely deployed and retracting the rack into the payload bay along the at least one track.