Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Launch tube and method of launching flying object
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Application No.: US16556742Application Date: 2019-08-30
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Publication No.: US11236969B2Publication Date: 2022-02-01
- Inventor: Chiyako Mihara , Katsunori Ieki
- Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Current Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.
- Priority: JPJP2018-168262 20180907
- Main IPC: F41F3/04
- IPC: F41F3/04

Abstract:
A launch tube of a flying object has a tube, a plurality of rails and a plurality of guides. The tube is configured to store the flying object. The rails are fixed on an inner wall of the tube and configured to contact the flying object. The guides are on the inner wall of the tube. One of the guides is configured to contact the flying object, and evacuate from a region of movement of the flying object, when the flying object moves to leave the one of the guides.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200080817A1 LAUNCH TUBE AND METHOD OF LAUNCHING FLYING OBJECT Public/Granted day:2020-03-12
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