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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:
Jun. 24, 1980
Filed:
May. 03, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenneth R Boilsen, Woodinville, WA (US);
Assignee:
Boeing Commercial Airplane Company, Seattle, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
89-1801 ; 89-1815 ;
Abstract
An air launched cruise missile carrier airplane having a floor mounted track system for moving missile racks into a launch position adjacent to a side opening in the fuselage and ejecting missiles therethrough, then moving the empty missile racks from the launch location and repositioning a full rack of missiles thereat. A continuous missile launching sequence is provided by the floor track system which guides the movement of the missile racks within a cargo compartment of the fuselage for a continuous carousel movement.