公开(公告)号：US06763289B2

公开(公告)日：2004-07-13

申请号：US10199867

申请日：2002-07-19

申请人： James V. Leonard ,  Richard E. Meyer ,  William Joseph Ebert, Jr.

发明人： James V. Leonard ,  Richard E. Meyer ,  William Joseph Ebert, Jr.

IPC分类号： B64C700

CPC分类号： B64D7/00 ,  F41F3/06 ,  F41G7/007 ,  F42C17/04

摘要： A system for operating and releasing a store of a first predetermined type includes an aircraft adapted to control the operation of stores of a second predetermined type and a bypass apparatus. The store is releasably secured to the aircraft, and the aircraft is capable of releasing the store. The aircraft is capable of being configured such that a store of the first predetermined type is capable of operating independent of operating instructions. The bypass apparatus is carried by the aircraft and adapted to facilitate operation of the store. The bypass apparatus can store operating instructions and thereafter transmit the operating instructions into the store. As such, after the aircraft releases the store the store is capable of operating according to the operating instructions. Also, the system can include an umbilical cable disposed between the aircraft and the store. The bypass apparatus can, therefore, be disposed within the umbilical cable.