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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
George Louis Conway, Jr., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Kendall G. Young, Crowley, TX (US);
Ron L. Stroud, Benbrook, TX (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 1/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 1/06 ;
Abstract
A conformal aircraft bay having a single aperture or gap formed by doors with abutting edge portions being located side-by-side while the doors are in a closed position, the doors are structured to open to access the bay with the abutting edge portions moving apart from each other, and each door having an elastomeric transition closing the gaps between the abutting edge portions when the doors are closed.