Container delivery system rapid deployment device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8960607
APP PUB NO 20130082145A1
SERIAL NO

13249756

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A pneumatic deployment device (“PDD”) assists in ejecting containerized cargo bundles from a cargo aircraft during an airdrop. The PDD includes a first structure affixed to the aircraft and a second moveable structure, and which is positioned against a cargo bundle, referred to as a CDS bundle. Typically, a series of CDS bundles are positioned along a line in the cargo hold of the aircraft. A pressurized tank provides compress gas to an airbag that is positioned between the first structure and the second structure. Upon reaching the drop location, the gas is release from the tank to the airbag via a hose, inflating the airbag. The airbag pushes the second structure against the CDS bundle, so that the cargo bundles are ejected faster from the aircraft than would otherwise occur.

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THE BOEING COMPANY929 LONG BRIDGE DRIVE ARLINGTON VA 22202

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cleary, William Worden Pasadena, US 3 13
Dorris,, III John Cypress, US 1 10
Skorupa, John Anthony Huntington Beach, US 2 19

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