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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:
Mar. 13, 1990
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Messier-Hispano-Bugatti, Montrouge, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2441 / ; 244 63 ;
Abstract
A control mechanism according to the invention comprises a crank (13) constrained to rotate with the catapult bar (10), a catapult bar linkage comprising a link (14) and a lever (16) which are hinged to each other, and having a first end hinged to the crank (13) at a point distant from the pivot pin of the catapult bar, and a second end hinged about a pin (17) carried by the landing gear and distant from the pivot pin (11) of the catapult bar (10), and control means (18) for controlling the relative disposition of the link and the lever.