Patent ID: 11873114
Assignee: AEROVIRONMENT, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 22:
23. A method of operating an airframe package launching system, the method comprising:
mounting a package launching device to an airframe structure of an aircraft, the package launching device configured to be mounted in an interior portion of the airframe structure proximate an external airframe opening, wherein the package launching device further includes a launch bed configured to support a package during a launching process, and a launch assembly configured to impart a launching force to the supported package on the launch bed during the launching process;
providing a trigger input to the package launching device configured to activate a launching process to launch a package from the package launching device through an external airframe opening of the aircraft; and
initiating a resetting process of the package launching device configured to enable another package to be subject to a second launching process.