US 12,449,215 B2
Automated missile launcher reloader
Steven Wylie Mitchell, Bethesda, MD (US); Timothy Michael Karl Engel, Bethesda, MD (US); and Weetek Foo, Bethesda, MD (US)
Assigned to Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US)
Appl. No. 18/712,583
Filed by Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 28, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/080473
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 22, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/234975, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 7, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/284,180, filed on Nov. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/284,188, filed on Nov. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2025/0012528 A1, Jan. 9, 2025
Int. Cl. F41A 9/01 (2006.01); B63G 5/00 (2006.01); F41A 9/02 (2006.01); F41F 3/052 (2006.01)
CPC F41A 9/01 (2013.01) [B63G 5/00 (2013.01); F41A 9/02 (2013.01); F41F 3/052 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
8. A system, comprising:
a shelving system comprising;
one or more collars; and
one or more rollers;
a canister;
a launcher cell; and
a control system configured to provide control signals to the shelving system to control the one or more collars and the one or more rollers to perform actions comprising:
aligning the one or more collars of the shelving system with a path of the canister;
activating the one or more rollers of the shelving system to translate the canister into the one or more collars;
coupling a first collar of the one or more collars to the canister;
adjusting the one or more collars to align the canister with a path of the launcher cell; and
translating the one or more collars into the path of the launcher cell to feed the canister into the launcher cell.