Patent ID: 6526860
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: F41F

Abstract:
A missile shipping and launch canister for housing a missile encased therein, comprising:an outer canister shell structure; a plume impingement end plate structure attached to the outer shell structure at a first end thereof; an inner liner structure disposed within the outer shell structure, the inner liner sized to house and protect the encased missile from transportation and shipping environments during deployment, the inner liner structure including guide surfaces for guiding the missile during launch egress while protecting deployable wings and control surfaces of the missile, and for thermally insulating the missile from a launch motor plume, the inner liner structure having defined therein a plurality of plume passages to allow rocket plume gases to escape upward during missile egress while preventing the gases from impinging against an inner surface of the outer shell structure; the outer canister shell structure serving as a primary load-carrying structure that attaches the plume impingement end plate structure at said first end to form an integral plenum chamber.