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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 13, 1998
Lowell Richard Larson, Andover, MN (US);
Garry Lee Teigland, Rosemount, MN (US);
Neil Anderson, Loretto, MN (US);
James M. Ickstadt, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Virgil F. Voeller, II, Fridley, MN (US);
John D. Buehler, Eagan, MN (US);
Angela Flakne, Maple Grove, MN (US);
United Defense, L.P., Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
A canister for launching a missile having a cylindrical outer tube with a hemispherical head releaseably secured to its lower end connected through stiffeners to an inner tubular member to form a passage for the gases generated when the missile is fired. A restraint mechanism secures the missile to a base plate, which is itself mounted on shock absorbers, with a release mechanism responsive to the firing of the missile for disabling the restraint mechanism.