Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120068002 | GUIDED MISSILE A missile (10) comprising a projectile body (20), a payload (60) contained within the nose portion (30), wings (70) stowed within the mid portion (40), and fins (80) stored within the tail portion (50). The wings (... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120048993 | AERODYNAMIC FLIGHT TERMINATION SYSTEM AND METHOD A missile has a flight termination system that includes deployable lift surfaces that deploy forward of a center of gravity of the missile. When deployed, the lift surfaces cause the missile to rotate about its longitudinal axis. This rotation eventually increases in ra... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20110180655 | DEVICE FOR SIMULTANEOUS DEPLOYMENT OF THE CONTROL SURFACES OF A PROJECTILE A simultaneous deployment device for the control surfaces of a projectile for which each control surface is intended to be pivoted by a motor after its deployment to ensure the piloting, each control surface being held within the projectile and deployed towards the exte... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20090090809 | METHOD OF INCREASING THE RANGE OF A SUBCALIBRE SHELL AND SUBCALIBRE SHELLS WITH LONG RANGE The invention relates to a method for increasing the range of shells (1, 8, 13) charged with an explosive substance and other types of shell, which function as carriers of the one or other type of active payload. The method according to the invention thus provide... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20090008496 | Wing-Unfolding Apparatus, Folding Wing Assembly, and Vehicle with Folding Wing Assemblies An apparatus for wing unfolding is particularly suited for an airborne vehicle. The apparatus has a base body with a longitudinal axis, a number of moveable flaps, and a number of lateral recesses. Attachment devices are configured for fitting the base body to an end fa... | 01/08/2009 |
| 20080111020 | DELAYED TAIL FIN DEPLOYMENT MECHANISM AND METHOD A hold down device positioned on the projectile to exert a known spring force in opposition to the centrifugal force provides an inexpensive, light weight and reliable delayed fin deployment mechanism for boosted fin-stabilized spinning projectiles. When the forcing mom... | 05/15/2008 |
| 20080029642 | FAST-PIVOT MISSILE FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACE Methods and apparatus are provided for a missile that includes a housing, a fin, and a first actuator. The housing has a slot formed therethrough. The fin is disposed within the housing proximate the slot. The first actuator is coupled to the fin and configured to selec... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20070138335 | Anti-rebound locking device for the deployable fin of a projectile The invention relates to a locking device for a deployable surface or fin of a projectile characterized in that it incorporates at least one flexible tongue, one end of which protrudes in the groove, a recess to the side of the groove enabling the tongue to bend in a fi... | 06/21/2007 |
| 20070125904 | Apparatus and method for restraining and deploying an airfoil An apparatus includes means for biasing a first airfoil of a vehicle toward a fully deployed position, means for restraining the first airfoil in a stowed position, means for releasing the first airfoil from the stowed position, means for restraining the first airfoil i... | 06/07/2007 |
| 20070084961 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR LOW OR NON-ROTATING ARTILLERY SHELLS This disclosure relates to a method and an arrangement for low or non-rotating artillery shells fired from launch weaponry, and which introduces a portion of the barrel pressure built up in the barrel during the launch phase into a chamber arranged in the low or non-rot... | 04/19/2007 |
| 20050116085 | Aircraft spiralling mechanism - c An aircraft 1 with a spiral inducing assembly 2 which is capable of inducing the aircraft to travel in a continuous spiralling motion without the aircraft rolling. Two fins 6 and 17 are attached to a tube 3a that is able to rota... | 06/02/2005 |
| 20050109873 | Method and apparatus for stowing and deploying control surfaces of a guided air vehicle Apparatus for stowing and deploying a plurality of control surfaces of a guided air vehicle comprises: a housing including: a plurality of slotted openings along an outside surface thereof; and a corresponding plurality of cavities within the housing, each cavity extend... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050082420 | Deployment device for a fin A deployment device for a fin of a projectile incorporating a hinge fixed to the projectile body which allows said fin to make a pivoting movement along at least one axis, wherein said hinge comprises a support for said fin mounted able to tilt over with respect to an a... | 04/21/2005 |
