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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1999
Barton J. Hainsworth, Huntington, CT (US);
William F. Beaver, Jr., Hamden, CT (US);
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, CT (US);
Abstract
A towed vehicle deployment and retrieval system for attachment to an aircraft. The system includes a pylon support that is designed to mount to an aircraft and project outward therefrom. A stores pylon is mounted to the pylon support. The stores pylon has at least one swaybrace reciprocally attached to it for removably engaging with a towed vehicle. The system also includes a winch that is configured for mounting within the aircraft. The winch controls the feeding and retrieval of a winch cable that is attached to the towed vehicle. A tow cable is removably attached to the aircraft and is engaged with the winch cable using a tow pole such that the tow cable fully supports the towed vehicle when the towed vehicle is in the towing position. A method is also disclosed for attaching a winch cable and towed vehicle to a tow cable.