Helicopter pod positioning and supporting means

• US 3,176,940 A
• Filed: 01/10/1963
• Issued: 04/06/1965
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/1963
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Charles M. Echeverria Jr
• Original Assignee: Charles M. Echeverria Jr
• Inventors: Echeverria, Charles M. Jr.
• Application Number:
  US04/250,632
• 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 1/22 Other structures integral with fuselages to facilitate loading , e.g. cargo bays, cranes
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 9/00 Equipment for handling freight; Equipment for facilitating passenger embarkation or the like emergency equipment B64D17/00, B64D19/00, B64D25/00; structures integral with fuselage to facilitate loading, fuselage floors specially adapted for freight, steps mounted on and retractable within aircraft B64C; ground installations B64F

Claims

1. IN COMBINATION:

(A) AN AIRCRAFT HAVING A FUSELAGE;

(B) SAID FUSELAGE BEING SHAPED SO AS TO RECEIVE A LOAD THEREUNDER;

(C) A LOAD;

(D) MEANS ON SAID FUSELAGE FOR MOUNTIG SAID LOAD ON SAID FUSELAGE;

(E) SAID MOUNTING MEANS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF LOAD ATTACHING DEVICES;

(F) EACH LOAD ATTACHING DEVICE HAVING MEANS FOR CONNECTING IT TO SAID LOAD;

(G) SAID MOUNTING MEANS INCLUDING A CONTROLLABLE POSITIONING LINK FOR EACH LOAD ATTACHING DEVICE;

AND (H) MEANS FOR CONTROLLING EACH LINK TO RAISE AND LOWER ITS RESPECTIVE LOAD ATTACHING DEVICE.