Patent attributes
An electrically-powered stores rack ejector for aircraft may be configured to carry and release stores (e.g., various munitions, such as missiles and/or bombs, and/or auxiliary fuel tanks). The stores rack ejector may include a housing and an ejector foot movably coupled to the housing, and the ejector foot may be configured to extend from the housing. The housing of the stores rack ejector may also include one or more suspension hooks movably coupled to the housing and the suspension hooks may be configured to release in conjunction with an extension of the ejector foot. One or more solenoids may be coupled to the ejector foot and may be energizable to cause the extension of the ejector foot. The stores rack ejector may also include a controller that may be configured to cause, based upon receiving a command associated with stores release, an energizing of the one or more solenoids.
