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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2013
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Chris E. Geswender, Green Vally, AZ (US);
Mark A. Scott, Corona, AZ (US);
James D. Streeter, Tucson, AZ (US);
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A sabot is used for enclosing a payload, such as a missile or projectile, during launch. The sabot includes a series of panels that are held together prior to launch by engagement with a cap having protrusions or delay pins that maintain the panels in a closed condition. When the launch is initiated, the cap begins to slide out of engagement with the panels. The cap is configured such that the disengagement does not occur immediately upon movement of the cap; instead the protrusions are sized to delay opening of the panels until the sabot and missile have cleared the launcher. Then the panels rotate outward and drop away from a base the sabot, for example using self-releasing hinges. The base of the sabot may be configured to disengage from the payload by introduction of pressurized gases into a space between the base and an aft end of the missile.