公开(公告)号：US09708035B1

公开(公告)日：2017-07-18

申请号：US15272536

申请日：2016-09-22

申请人： Kurt M Czepizak ,  Ryan F Galego ,  Eric H Kirchoff ,  Joseph M Muhitch ,  Paul V Cavallaro ,  Andrew W Hulton

发明人： Kurt M Czepizak ,  Ryan F Galego ,  Eric H Kirchoff ,  Joseph M Muhitch ,  Paul V Cavallaro ,  Andrew W Hulton

IPC分类号： B63B21/56 ,  B63B21/16 ,  B63B21/66 ,  B63B27/28

CPC分类号： B63B21/56 ,  B63B21/16 ,  B63B21/66 ,  B63B27/16 ,  B63B27/28 ,  B63B2021/566 ,  B63B2027/165

摘要： A launch and recovery system for a towed body is provided in which uninflated air beams extrude from winches where the beams enter a deployment frame and are inflated. Sealing rollers near the winches seal the air beams when the desired length of the air beams is inflated. To deploy the towed body, a positioning cart moves along the inflated air beams from an end of a deployment frame. A translating arch moves from the forward to the aft end of the positioning cart on the rails to where the tow body is released from the capture boom and swing support. The positioning cart can retract back into the deployment frame when not in use.