公开(公告)号：US12097970B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-24

申请号：US18017741

申请日：2021-07-25

Applicant: ISRAEL AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES LTD.

Inventor： Rami Skladman ,  Ilan Darmon

IPC: B64D39/04

CPC classification number: B64D39/04

Abstract: Refueling devices for use in in-flight refueling operation are provided, including a body configured for being towed by a tanker aircraft and having a boom member that has a fuel delivery nozzle, a spatial control system and a longitudinal control system. The longitudinal displacement control system includes at least one panel element defining a front panel projected area orthogonal to a body longitudinal axis, each panel element being controllably and reversibly deployable incrementally to each one of a plurality of successive deployed positions between a fully retracted position and a fully deployed position, to provide a respective reversible incrementally increasing aft force to the refueling device at least during the in-flight refueling operation.