Patent ID: 8939461
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: B60D,B64F

Abstract:
1. An aircraft tow head apparatus for use with aircraft tow pins of different diameters by incorporating multiple side plates that define a tow pin opening sufficiently large to permit adjustment to accommodate the tow pins of different diameters, the tow head apparatus further comprising a locking device to lock the aircraft tow pin into position, the tow head apparatus comprising: a pair of side plates each comprising a first side plate and a second side plate that are configured so that when joined together define a space through which a tow pin may be locked into place, the first and second side plates of each pair of side plates having a longitudinal axis and comprising a wall having a thickness sufficiently large to accommodate a plurality of apertures extending through the wall perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis to permit the first and second plate to be mechanically fastened together in one of a plurality of relative positions, where in a first position, the space defined by the first and second plates for the tow pin has a first general nominal diameter and where in a second position, the space defined by the first and second plates for the tow pin has a second general nominal diameter, whereby a user may reposition the first plate relative to the second plate as needed to accommodate tow pins of differing diameters.