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...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7966921 | Aircraft wing-pylon interface mounting apparatus An apparatus for interfacing an external store to an under-wing pylon suspension rack on a tactical aircraft. ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7178442 | Detachable hanger The invention is a detachable hanger assembly for attaching a flying object to a launch rail on a launch platform. The detachable hanger assembly is attached to the flying object by one or more bolts and is adapted to slide in a slot in the launch rail when the flyi... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7083148 | Assembly for carrying and ejecting stores A carriage and ejection assembly for retaining different types of stores to an aircraft and selectively ejecting a carried one of the stores away from the aircraft is disclosed. The assembly can include a sway brace having at least one contact location for each type... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6889592 | Fixture for mounting weapons, and method of using An adjustable fixture for mounting any of a plurality of weapon sets to an aircraft includes a bracket and lugs that are adjustably mechanically coupled to the bracket. The fixture may be adjusted once, to achieve proper orientation relative to the aircraft for bore... | 05/10/2005 |
| 5970842 | Hanger assembly for missiles A hanger assembly for missiles, in which a hanger, with opposite carrying rails to guide the missile in a launcher, is connected to the missile by means of a screwed connection. The hanger is screwed from the outside, with screws to a enlargement or incre... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5904323 | Constrained store release system A store release system which includes a support member, such as a swaybrace, a store-nesting facility secured to the support member and articulated to facilitate orientation of the store-nesting facility to different positions in order to enable stores of... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5172873 | Anti-roll system for a missile launcher An anti-roll system for a missile launcher mechanism is disclosed wherein an ejector foot, operatively associated with the launcher to eject the missile from the launcher, has a pair of tabs which contact missile latching lugs on the missile to prevent ro... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5052639 | Device for maintaining a load attached to an aircraft including a load contacting means and a separate load prestressing means Device for maintaining a load attached to an aircraft immobilized in relation to the said aircraft, comprising bearing members carried by the aircraft and movable relative to the aircraft, means provided for moving the bearing members into contact with th... | 10/01/1991 |
| 4829876 | Aircraft missile launcher sway brace apparatus A saddle sway brace (90) having a channeled planar plate (94) engageable on a missile launcher platform surface (56). Angled planar plates (100, 102) provide load support for aircraft outrigger equipment. A webbed reenforcing network (110, 112) is engagea... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4750404 | Aircraft missile launcher snubber apparatus A missile launcher and missile snubbing apparatus (32) includes a pair snubber blocks (34, 36) slideable along angled side edges of a wedge (38). The snubber blocks (34, 36) are biased by respective springs (48, 50) in a first direction, while the wedge (... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4736669 | Aircraft missile launcher mounting apparatus A missile launcher is disclosed having an elongate planar platform (28) formed integral with the body of the launcher (26). Plural bomb rack fasteners (34, 36) and pylon mounting lugs (38, 40) are fixed to the platform surface (28) to accommodate differen... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4732074 | Bomb retaining adaptor An adaptor for use with a bomb dispenser of the type having a pair of pivoting bomb-retaining arms adapts the dispenser to accommodate a smaller bomb, such as a small practice bomb. The adaptor, when mounted has a bracket secured to each arm of the dispen... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4620680 | Device for carrying and ejecting under aircraft loads, comprising support arms positioned with respect to the diameter of the loads The invention provides a device for carrying under an aircraft and ejecting loads which are suspended from hooks which may be raised so as to be set under support arms hinged about longitudinal pins, lowering of the arms against a load which is hooked on ... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4524670 | Securing apparatus for modules carried on aircraft, in particular for flare launching modules Located below an aircraft is a support rod (1) provided with female engagement members (10). Standard missile launcher modules are provided on their flat upper wall with counterpart male engagement members (20). The engagement members (10 and 20) cooperat... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4441674 | Constrained store ejector An apparatus for the carriage and release of aircraft stores uses two ejer pistons with integral latch hooks. The pistons are hydraulically interconnected to release a store by simultaneous extension. The latch hooks are opened by upward compression of a... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4412475 | Aircraft rocket and missile launcher A jettisonable missile launcher pod has support lugs which extend upwardly through a relatively small separate hardback structure to latch into standard release hooks in an aircraft-mounted pylon. The hardback is adjustably attached to the pylon and conta... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4407180 | Aircraft load lock, especially bomb lock including central operating means The present load lock secures loads, such as containers, or weapons, such bombs, to an aircraft thereby using a single or multiple point suspension system while simultaneously clawing or clamping the load to prevent it from undesired movements. The clawi... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4399733 | Semiautomatic swaybrace A novel semiautomatic swaybrace is provided for steadying and restraining bombs or the like suspended from the bomb racks of aircraft. The swaybrace of this invention comprises a spiral wedge and torsion/compression spring uniquely configured to allow the... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4395003 | Device for suspending under aircraft miscellaneous loads with variable distance between centers Device for carrying under aircraft multiple loads disposed at variable distances between centers, the modification of the distance between centers being obtained by rotating load supports about longitudinal axes by means of bearings provided in the frame ... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4346642 | Fastening device for externally coupling loads on aircraft A fastening device for externally coupling suspended loads on an aircraft ving a pair of support arms pivotally mounted to a lifting device arranged therebetween for moving the support arms relative to a housing having abutments engaging the support arms ... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4318561 | Central-controlled devices for carrying and wedging loads under aircraft A device for suspending and wedging loads under aircraft ensures, through a central control, the wedging of a load carried under an aircraft at a level determined by a pair of suspension hooks subjected to balanced stresses. The central control is obtaine... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4257567 | Retractable gripping-arm device for transporting and jettisoning ringless loads carried under aircraft This device for transporting and jettisoning ringless loads, notably under aircraft, comprises at least one pair of gripping arms operable about two substantially perpendicular axes. Each gripping arm is associated with a separate universal joint structur... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4233883 | Automatically self-adjusting and load-limiting swaybrace system A swaybrace system includes one or more pairs of opposing swaybrace arms that pivot in relation to aircraft structure, each arm with a pad thereon automatically being biased by a spring-loaded wedge or the like to cause the pad to contact with the store u... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4196879 | Ejector release unit for airborne stores having lockable sway brace assembly An ejector release unit comprising a pair of hooks for supporting a store and an ejection device for ejecting a store supported by the hooks also includes, adjacent each hook, a sway brace assembly comprising a pair of pads for engagement with the upper s... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4183480 | Automatic sway bracing rack A store carrier having automatic sway bracing which includes two swaybraces located symmetrically at a span larger than a pair of inner suspension hooks and smaller than a pair of outer suspension hooks. When a store is loaded on either the inner or outer... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4168046 | Automatic wedging device for aircraft jettison loads This automatic wedging device for operating each ejector of loads carried under an aircraft for jettisoning comprises at least one actuator of the cylinder-and-piston or worm-and-wheel type adapted to transmit a wedging force to a pair of symmetrical load... | 09/18/1979 |
| 4132377 | Store ejector release units An ejector release unit for carrying aircraft stores is provided having single-pronged or double-pronged hooks adapted to be pivotably mounted on the unit. The hooks are utilized with wedges, spigots, and crutch arm adaptors in arrangements that enable in... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4122754 | Dependent sway bracing weapon restraints Automatic sway brace mechanism for restraining stores mounted on an aircraft. Cam actuated paired sets of sway braces terminating in store engaging pads are arranged to provide a positive self-centering force equalization arrangement wherein said sway bra... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4102520 | Dual-purpose ejector for aircraft load jettisoning mechanism An ejector serves for suspending under aircraft loads which have suspension rings or saddle members, both of known kind. The ejector includes a carrier device which has, for each load suspension point, a first pivoted hook which can coact with a saddle me... | 07/25/1978 |
| 4050656 | Ejector rack An ejector rack that is attachable to an aircraft and is for supporting and selectively releasing and/or ejecting a store that is carried internal of the aircraft, i.e., in a bomb bay. The store can be released from the ejector rack, and from the aircraft... | 09/27/1977 |
| 3967528 | Bomb rack sway bolt assembly A single station bomb rack includes two cantilevered sway brace arms each ovided with two oppositely placed sway bolts. The sway brace arms are shaped to accomodate a variety of store shapes and each of the sway brace arms acts in a spring-like fashion un... | 07/06/1976 |
| 3942749 | Device for steadying loads suspended from aircraft This device for steadying, notably against lateral oscillation, a load releasably suspended from an aircraft comprises spring urged wedge members mounted to the load; these wedge members in their steading position penetrate between the upper face of the l... | 03/09/1976 |
