Helicopter pod supporting device

• US 3,176,939 A
• Filed: 01/10/1963
• Issued: 04/06/1965
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/1963
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kenneth C. Mard, Richard A. Orr
• Original Assignee: Kenneth C. Mard, Richard A. Orr
• Inventors: Mard, Kenneth C., Orr, Richard A.
• Application Number:
  US04/250,631
• Time in Patent Office: 817 Days
• US Class Current: 244/118.1
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 1/00 Fuselages; Constructional features common to fuselages, wings, stabilising surfaces or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 2025/325 specially adapted for helicopters
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 27/04 Helicopters
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 1/22 Taking-up articles from earth's surface

Claims

1. A FUSELAGE FOR CARRYING A LOAD HAVING A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL UNITS CONNECTING SAID LOAD TO SAID FUSELAGE:

(1) EACH UNIT INCLUDING A MAIN POSITIONING LINK;

(2) EACH CONNECTING LINK INCLUDING AS A PART THEREOF MEANS FOR MAINTAINING SAID LOAD AT A PREDETERMINED POSITION WITH RESPECT TO SAID FUSELAGE REGARDLESS OF WEIGHT CHANGE OF SAID LOAD;

(3) SAID PART COMPRISIGN A CYLINDER HAVIGN A PISTON MOUNTED THEREIN FOR RECIPROCAL MOVEMENT;

(4) SAID CYLINDER HAVING A PIVOITAL CONNECTION WITH SAID FUSELAGE;

(5) A PISTON ROD EXTENDING FROM SAID PISTON THROUGH THE END OF SAID CYLINDER;

(6) THE FREE END OIF SAID PISTON ROD FORMING ON END OF SAID POSITIONING LINK;

AND (7) MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID CYLINDER TO PRESSURE OR RETURN SO AS TO MOVE SAID PISTON.