Patent ID: 8814097
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: B64D,F02K,F05D,F41F,F42B

Abstract:
1. A mounting set for use in mounting an external stores to a mounting station of an aerospace vehicle, comprising a mounting bracket arrangement and a strap arrangement, said bracket arrangement configured for selective reversible engagement with respect to the mounting station and for cooperating with said strap arrangement, said strap arrangement being configured for securing the bracket arrangement to the external stores in load bearing abutment therewith to enable transfer of loads between the external stores and said mounting station via said bracket arrangement, in operation of said mounting set, said strap arrangement comprising at least one strap configured for circumscribing at least a portion of a perimeter of an external surface of the external stores in abutment therewith; wherein the external stores are non-metallic and the strap arrangement is configured for providing a strap deformation that matches a stores deformation of the external stores, wherein said external stores comprises a casing having said external surface and a rocket motor, and wherein said stores deformation is at least one of thermally-induced deformation and pressure-induced deformation responsive to operation of said rocket motor, in which said rocket motor is fired and the casing is pressurized to a high pressure, wherein responsive thereto the straps deform generally following the elastic strain of the casing in order to prevent stress concentration on the casing by the straps.