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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4274610 | Jet tab control mechanism for thrust vector control A missile jet tab actuator system for a thrust vector control coupled to aerodynamic controlled surfaces is disclosed. The device removes roll information present in commands to the aerodynamic surfaces. Only pitch and yaw information is thus supplied to ... | 06/23/1981 |
| 4272040 | Aerodynamic control mechanism for thrust vector control A rocket thrust vector control system including jet tabs and aerodynamic control surfaces is disclosed. The control system removes roll information present in commands to the aerodynamic surfaces and provides only pitch and yaw information to the jet tabs... | 06/09/1981 |
| 4220297 | Finlet injector A finlet injector for external burning fuel injection is provided to obtain a higher performance through a combination of more optimum air-to-fuel ratio and better air/fuel mixing. This is done by capturing (mixing with) a greater quantity of air for a gi... | 09/02/1980 |
| 4211378 | Steering arrangement for projectiles of the missile kind, and projectiles fitted with this arrangement A steering arrangement for missile type projectiles. A source of steering propulsion which is accommodated in the vicinity of the center of gravity of the missile comprises two gas generators which are positioned symmetrically on either side of the center... | 07/08/1980 |
| 4202517 | Fluidic interface means A means for interfacing between low pressure, low flow fluidic circuits and he high pressure, high flow input requirements of fluidic digital thrusters to control the roll, pitch or yaw rate of missiles is provided. Input pressures from the fluidic circuit... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4163534 | Steering of an aerodynamic vehicle A vehicle has two pairs of transversely oriented rudders and duplex nozzles; three motors pivot the rudders and nozzles for yaw, pitch and roll steering whereby each motor drives the requisite rudder(s) and pivots one or two nozzles so that thrust vector ... | 08/07/1979 |
| 4157788 | Low friction, movable, rocket nozzle A ball-and-socket, thrust nozzle for rockets has a movable member retained by a stationary member attachable to a rocket. The movable member includes a venturi throat and an expansion cone for the propulsive gases. At least one of the nozzle members has a... | 06/12/1979 |
| 4147066 | Means and method for uncaging a gyroscope rotor A gyroscope rotor uncaging apparatus is disclosed having a housing, a bearing structure supporting the rotor and permitting rotation of the rotor about its spin axis and about at least one other axis, and a constraining mechanism mounted on the housing at... | 04/03/1979 |
| 4143837 | Control device for missile or the like A spoiler control assembly for deflecting a stream of propelling gas to pass through an exhaust nozzle of a motor drive missile type device, wherein the spoiler control assembly includes at least one spoiler blade attached for joint rotation with a turnin... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4131246 | Thrust vector control actuation system Four spoiler blades are pivotally mounted at the nozzle exit end of a rocket motor with opposed pairs of said spoiler blades connected to a single control means for positioning one or the other of said opposed pairs of spoiler blades in the nozzle exit th... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4129268 | Rockets including trajectory controls 1. A rocket comprising a rear section including a motor, a forward war head section, an intermediate trajectory control section, and a rotatable connection between said control and motor sections, a gyroscope and a gas generator mounted within said contro... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4109884 | Apparatus and method for storing pressure gas in a reservoir of a projectile A pressure gas reservoir for supplying pressure gas to control mechanisms of a projectile which is to be discharged from a gun tube by means of a propellant charge comprises a projectile body which has a reservoir therein with a wall portion which is adap... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4085909 | Combined warm gas fin and reaction control servo A combined reaction nozzle and fin control servo system to provide separate reaction and fin control of a missile for both high and low velocity flight phases. The servo system automatically provides a high gas flow rate for reaction nozzle control and a ... | 04/25/1978 |
| 4078495 | Control after burnout for reaction steered missiles The warhead of a missile is loaded with a payload that can either be burned r exploded. If propulsion is lost and either aerodynamic steering is not present or the velocity level of the missile is degraded to a point where steering is marginal, steerage is... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4063685 | Thrust vector control by circulation control over aerodynamic surfaces in a supersonic nozzle Aerodynamic surfaces are fixedly mounted in the diverging section of a rot nozzle and a fluid is injected through the fixed jet vane to flow about the vane. Fluid flow is controlled to make it appear that from upstream the jet vane is at an angle of atta... | 12/20/1977 |
| 4044970 | Integrated thrust vector aerodynamic control surface A missile is disclosed on which constant burning thrust reaction motors are provided integral with the tail panels of the missile to enhance the effect thereof, particularly during the boost phase of flight. The motors provide thrust along the chord of th... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4023749 | Directional control system for artillery missiles Apparatus for controlling the powered flight phase of an artillery rocket a straight line as determined by a 2° of freedom gyroscope with spin axis aligned along the missile axis. The flight path is made insensitive to crosswinds, launching transients, ... | 05/17/1977 |
| 4017040 | Steerable extraction rocket A steerable rocket motor for towing a load or extracting an aircrew member rom a disabled aircraft, regardless of aircarft attitude or altitude. The rocket motor is formed from a hollow cylindrical thin walled casing containing a high burn rate propellant ... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4003531 | Reverse flow reaction control system A control system for providing directional control to a missile during bo phase operation. The kinetic energy of the propellant exhaust gases is utilized to pump a vacuum in an annulus located around the rocket nozzle. To provide a reaction force to guid... | 01/18/1977 |
| 3986683 | Jet tab steerable missile A jet tab steerable missile having a plurality of tab-shaped elements rotatably mounted on the rear portion of the missile adjacent the nozzle. The tab-shaped elements are capable of 360° rotary movement from a thrust vector control position into the air... | 10/19/1976 |
| 3984071 | Satellite nutation attenuation apparatus An active attitude control apparatus for damping roll/yaw nutation motion within the control deadband of a satellite which is three-axis stabilized to local vertical by means of a pitch biased, body-fixed reaction wheel and offset roll-yaw thrusters. The ... | 10/05/1976 |
| 3979085 | Guided missile using fluidic sensing and steering A missile using fluidic sensors for determination of net aerodynamic force nd moment on the missile. The force and moment thus determined are processed and summed by fluidic amplifiers and integrators to provide control signals for fluidic thrusters or oth... | 09/07/1976 |
| 3977629 | Projectile guidance A projectile guidance system employs entry and exit ports for the ambient fluid medium with fluidic circuits interconnecting various of the entry and exit ports so that asymmetry of the flow through the ports will be induced merely by regulating the flow ... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3977633 | Orientation system for a spin stabilized spacecraft A pair of reaction motors or thrusters connected to spin-stabilized spacecraft are used to reorient spacecraft attitude without affecting spacecraft velocity. The spacecraft reaction motors are arranged to produce a couple in response to an attitude refer... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3948470 | System for imposing directional stability on a rocket-propelled vehicle An improved system for use in imposing directional stability on a rocket-propelled vehicle. The system includes a pivotally supported engine-mounting platform, a gimbal ring mounted on the platform and adapted to pivotally support a rocket engine, an hydr... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3944172 | Attitude control for space vehicle Method of providing position, e.g. attitude control for space vehicles having control thrusters producing thrust for imparting momentum upon the vehicle, further having a control apparatus for the thrusters causing them to produce thrust bursts or pulses ... | 03/16/1976 |
| 3937423 | Nutation and roll error angle correction means A system for controlling the attitude of a vehicle along three-axes is provided with a simple momentum wheel of one degree of freedom and several jets so as to enable correction of attitude error and dampen nutation action of the vehicle. The jets are con... | 02/10/1976 |
