RAPIDLY RECONFIGURABLE PALLETIZED MISSION EQUIPMENT MOUNTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
First Claim
1. A rapidly reconfigurable palletized mission equipment mounting method comprising:
- installing a plurality of tracks or rails in an aircraft fuselage;
securing at least one mission package on a pallet outside the aircraft;
transferring the pallet with the at least one mission package secured thereto, into the aircraft; and
mounting the pallet in the aircraft on the tracks or rails, via readily releasable anchors positioned in the pallet to align with the tracks or rails installed in the aircraft, for rapidly dismounting from the tracks or rails.
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Abstract
Rapidly reconfigurable palletized mission equipment mounting systems and methods employ a plurality of tracks or rails installed in an aircraft fuselage. Mission equipment is secured on a pallet. The pallet is a rapidly reconfigurable mission equipment mounting pallet body defining a plurality of orifices sized to accept releasable anchor hardware, positioned to align with the tracks or rails installed in the aircraft and readily releasable anchors disposed in the orifices and configured to rapidly mount to, and rapidly dismount from, the tracks or rails. The pallet with the mission package(s) secured thereto is transferred into the aircraft and mounted the pallet in the aircraft on the tracks or rails, via the readily releasable anchors, for rapidly dismounting from the tracks or rails.
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21 Claims
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1. A rapidly reconfigurable palletized mission equipment mounting method comprising:
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installing a plurality of tracks or rails in an aircraft fuselage; securing at least one mission package on a pallet outside the aircraft; transferring the pallet with the at least one mission package secured thereto, into the aircraft; and mounting the pallet in the aircraft on the tracks or rails, via readily releasable anchors positioned in the pallet to align with the tracks or rails installed in the aircraft, for rapidly dismounting from the tracks or rails. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A rapidly reconfigurable mission equipment mounting method comprising:
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installing a plurality of tracks or rails in an aircraft fuselage; mounting a pallet in the aircraft on the tracks or rails, via readily releasable anchors positioned in the pallet to align with the tracks or rails installed in the aircraft, for rapidly dismounting from the tracks or rails; transferring one or more mission packages into the aircraft; and securing the at least one mission packages on the pallet, inside the aircraft. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A rapidly reconfigurable palletized mission equipment mounting system comprising:
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a plurality of tracks or rails installed in an aircraft fuselage; a mission equipment mounting pallet, mounting at least one mission package, the mission equipment mounting pallet comprising a rapidly reconfigurable mission equipment mounting pallet body defining a plurality of orifices sized to accept releasable anchor hardware and positioned to align with the tracks or rails installed in the aircraft; and readily releasable anchors disposed in the orifices and configured to rapidly mount to, and rapidly dismount from, the tracks or rails. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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