US 12,085,210 B2
Aircraft tail lock
Hoang Minh Chung, Jurong (SG)
Assigned to Sierra Nevada Company, LLC, Sparks, NV (US)
Filed by Sierra Nevada Corporation, Sparks, NV (US)
Filed on Jan. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/147,437.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/962,778, filed on Jan. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0222809 A1, Jul. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. F16L 37/248 (2006.01); B64C 1/26 (2006.01); F16L 37/252 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 37/248 (2013.01) [B64C 1/26 (2013.01); F16L 37/252 (2013.01)] 43 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A locking apparatus, comprising:
a first connector configured to releasably receive a first tube;
a second connector having a first side and second side, the first side configured to receive a second tube and the second side configured to releasably receive the first connector; and
an end coupling cap configured to releasably lock the first connector and second connector together;
a first PCB tray configured to releasably secure a first PCB and a first electrical connector; and
a second PCB tray configured to releasably secure a second PCB and second electrical connector, the first electrical connector operably connected to the second electrical connector when the locking apparatus is configured in a locking position.