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Patent Inventor Names
Eyal Bar-on0
Ehud Krisher0
Date of Patent
March 30, 2010
0Patent Application Number
121734600
Date Filed
July 15, 2008
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
A suspension lug for releasably suspends loads under aircraft. The suspension lug has a lug eye and a threaded base and a rotation mechanism is inserted into the threaded portion. When the suspension lug is threaded into a compatible well in the load and the load is released from the aircraft, the rotation mechanism causes the suspension lug to rotate by ninety degrees from an initial orientation in which the face of the lug eye is pointed in the direction of flight to a final orientation in which the edge of the lug eye is pointed in the direction of flight. The rotation of the lug eye significantly reduces the drag on the load. Also described are methods of manufacturing and using the suspension lug of the invention.
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