Patent ID: 11952113
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 9:
10. A wing lock and deployment system for storing, unlocking, and deploying wings of an air launched vehicle, comprising:
a glide kit attached to the air launched vehicle, the glide kit comprising a stored position and a deployed position;
the glide kit comprising:
a housing;
a first deployable wing pivotably attached to the housing and a second deployable wing pivotably attached to the housing;
a driver threadably engaged with a ball screw;
a lock keeper engaged with a toggle lock, the toggle lock releasably engaged with the first deployable wing and the second deployable wing; and
a bias on the lock keeper, the bias configured to urge the lock keeper in a first direction and force the toggle lock into engagement with the first deployable wing and the second deployable wing.