Jeffrey E Mendoza

US Patent:

D475340, Jun 3, 2003

Filed:

Jul 25, 2002

Appl. No.:

29/164504

Inventors:

Allen A. Arata - Hawthorne CA
William David Bard - El Segundo CA
David Gerard Mazur - Hawthorne CA
Jeffrey Ruiz Mendoza - Gardena CA
Gary Joseph Walz - Chino Hills CA
Daniel Richard Rihn - Long Beach CA
Douglas Edward Wood - Huntington Beach CA

Assignee:

Northrop Grumman Corporation - Los Angeles CA

International Classification:

1212

US Classification:

D12319

US Patent:

6250195, Jun 26, 2001

Filed:

Nov 9, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/437768

Inventors:

Jeffrey R. Mendoza - Gardena CA
Herman G. Streiff - Northridge CA
David H. Graham - San Pedro CA

Assignee:

Northrop Grumman Corporation - Los Anglels CA

International Classification:

B64D 104

US Classification:

89 159

Abstract:

A compact universal apparatus which is mountable within an optimally sized weapons bay of a conventional fighter aircraft, which includes an automatic scissors or trapeze type lowering linkage mechanism for a conventional or inventory bomb ejector rack unit (BRU) having automatic latching, release and forced ejection mechanisms for conventional inventory weapons, characterized by an adaptor designed for the fixed attachment of the bomb ejector rack unit to the linkage of the lowering mechanism of the apparatus. The ejector rack unit is one adapted to the forced ejection of large bombs, attached or latched directly thereto, and to the rail launching of missiles having launching rails attached or latched directly to the ejector rack unit, with conventional automatic latch up of the bail lugs of the bombs to the launch rack lugs of the ejector rack unit, for forced ejection of the bombs, and with conventional automatic latch up of launch rails of conventional missiles for rail launching of the missiles.