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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 1991

Filed:

Dec. 04, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:

George W LeCompte, Tucson, AZ (US);

Assignee:

Highes Aircraft Company, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
244-312 ;
Abstract

A filament (20) for use as a data link is wound on the tapered aft fairing (22) of a missile (10) in a manner so as to form a tapered wound pack (24) conforming generally to the aft fairing. An outer length of the filament is enclosed within a protective covering forming a leader (26). When the missile is launched from a moving mother vehicle (36), a further length of the filament is wound onto a dispenser aboard the mother vehicle (36) and a drogue (30) connected to the leader (26) is released with the leader and filament during dispensing.


Find Patent Forward Citations

LeCompte, George. (1991). Missile filament dispensing arrangement (U.S. Patent No. 5040744). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5040744

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