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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2006
James H. Boschma, Jr., Huntsville, AL (US);
William Douglas Mcdaniel, Huntsville, AL (US);
Michael Mcnabb, Huntsville, AL (US);
Michael Ryder, Brownsboro, AL (US);
Callum R. Sullivan, New Market, AL (US);
Glenn Martin Tierney, Huntsville, AL (US);
Peter K. Van Staagen, Madison, AL (US);
James H. Boschma, Jr., Huntsville, AL (US);
William Douglas McDaniel, Huntsville, AL (US);
Michael McNabb, Huntsville, AL (US);
Michael Ryder, Brownsboro, AL (US);
Callum R. Sullivan, New Market, AL (US);
Glenn Martin Tierney, Huntsville, AL (US);
Peter K. Van Staagen, Madison, AL (US);
Information Systems Laboratories, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A device for deploying an aerostat includes a cylindrical shaped container having an open end and a closed end and a center tube axially oriented in the container. A tapered disc is mounted for axial movement on the center tube, and it has a taper of increasing diameter in an axial direction from the closed end toward the open end of the container. In its operation, the tapered disc is held in a first position while a portion of the aerostat is loaded into the container. It is then moved to a second position wherein the tapered disc holds the loaded portion of the aerostat in the container. Thereafter, the disc is moved to a release position wherein the disc directs deployment of the aerostat from the container.