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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:
Mar. 16, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
William R. McDonnell, St. Louis, MO (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Aerospace Technologies, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B 4/26 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B 4/26 ;
Abstract
A pod ( ) containing sensors and/or targeting systems such as laser designators or range finders are hung on a cable ( ) below an aircraft ( ). The line ( ) can be reeled in or out similar to towed decoys. This allows the aircraft ( ) to operate above or in the cloud cover while the sensors/targeting equipment ( ) are operating below the cloud cover to find the enemy forces.