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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1976
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert W Milling, Dayton, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
244121 ; 331D / ; 332751 ; 350103 ;
Abstract
A passive defense and countermeasure apparatus for an aircraft having a second skin formed as a rectroreflector. The retroreflecting elements are formed in a thin sheet of bright structural aluminum. The retro-reflecting sheet is secured to the stringers between the ribs in the wing structure and the stringers between the bulkheads in the fuselage. The retroreflective sheets form part of the exterior load carrying structure of the aircraft.