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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:
Jul. 09, 1991
Filed:
May. 31, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gary R Redford, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Hughes Aircraft Company, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
244-312 ; 89-134 ; 102504 ;
Abstract
A drumlike canister onto which a filament is wound is rotatably mounted to an airborne vehicle, the axis of rotation being generally parallel to the vehicle longitudinal axis. At launch, as the filament unwinds and is payed out the canister is rotated to remove the twist from the filament produced on winding.