| US 7,503,525 B1 | ||
| Pivotable pylon for external carriage of aircraft stores | ||
| Tristin T. Lam, Cypress, Calif. (US); and Edward J. Eng, Huntington Beach, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to The Boeing Company, Chicago, Ill. (US) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 10, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/502,239. | ||
| Application 11/502239 is a division of application No. 10/966544, filed on Oct. 15, 2004, granted, now 7,156,347, filed on Jan. 02, 2007. | ||
| Int. Cl. B64D 1/12 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 244—137.4 [89/1.54] | 10 Claims |
| 1. An aircraft, comprising:
a pivotable pylon having a first portion fixed to an external surface of the aircraft; and,
a second portion pivotally coupled to the first portion for angular movement relative thereto, such that a stores item coupled
to the second portion can be carried at a selected angular position relative to the external surface of the aircraft.
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