Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Missile canister
- Patent Title (中): 导弹罐
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Application No.: US13816850Application Date: 2011-08-15
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Publication No.: US08973480B2Publication Date: 2015-03-10
- Inventor: Bryan Bowen , Anthony Machell , Terence Edward Kavanagh , Dennis George Turner
- Applicant: Bryan Bowen , Anthony Machell , Terence Edward Kavanagh , Dennis George Turner
- Applicant Address: GB Stevenage, Hertfordshire
- Assignee: MBDA UK Limited
- Current Assignee: MBDA UK Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Stevenage, Hertfordshire
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, PC
- Priority: EP10251453 20100817; GB1013740.4 20100817
- International Application: PCT/GB2011/051536 WO 20110815
- International Announcement: WO2012/022964 WO 20120223
- Main IPC: F41F3/04
- IPC: F41F3/04 ; F41F3/042 ; F42B39/14

Abstract:
The invention covers a missile canister (10) for accommodating a missile (20) along a longitudinal axis (L) of the canister. The canister comprises a plurality of generally planar longitudinal wall portions (14) connected together to form a tubular vessel having a polygonal cross-section. The interconnecting portions (16) between wall sections (14) are generally flexible so that when a missile (20) is launched the bending moment at the interconnecting portions (16) generated by the increase of pressure in the vessel is substantially less than the bending moment (10) generated at the wall portions (14). The interconnecting portions (16) allow relative angular deflection between adjacent wall portions (14) at respective interconnecting portions (16) when said missile (20) is launched.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130139676A1 MISSILE CANISTER Public/Granted day:2013-06-06
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