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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2010
Sean A. Hainze, Huntsville, AL (US);
Donald E. Davis, Huntsville, AL (US);
Sean A. Hainze, Huntsville, AL (US);
Donald E. Davis, Huntsville, AL (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
The invention efficiently and effectively secures and releases a rail-launched missile. An asymmetrical secure-release wheel () is defined by several surfaces which extend radially outward from a pivot hole (K). The surfaces include a wheel unlatch surface (H), a wheel notch stop surface (D), a wheel detent surface (G), a clockwise stop surface (C) and a counterclockwise stop surface (B). The wheel () is rotatable within a wheel housing (). When a missile is loaded onto the launch rail, the middle shoe of the missile engages the detent surface (G) of the wheel. During missile launch, the plume of the missile moves a trigger () which pulls a connecting rod () aft which results in a wheel lock () being disengaged from the detent surface (G). A microswitch () provides a signal indicating whether the wheel () is in a latched or unlatched state.