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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4295617 | Selectable drag brakes for rocket range control Selectable drag brakes disposed for activation for controlling the range of rtillery rockets. The brakes are remotely actuated for extension in one of three drag brake zones (full, 1/2, zero).... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4247063 | Flight control mechanism for airplanes Retractable wing-tip mounted vanes are actuated from the normal cockpit controls of an airplane to provide both roll control and direct lift control. When not required, these devices retract into wing fairings. Simple to manufacture and operate, these con... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4215836 | Inflatable decelerator The present invention relates to a speed retarding mechanism for aerial bs launched from a high velocity vehicle and designed to provide a high drag stabilizer capable to withstand release in air stream velocities moving at 2600 feet per second. The mech... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4209146 | Device for extensible fin blade on shell or the like An extensible fin assembly for attachment with the tail section of a gas propelled projectile and the like, wherein a plurality of similarly shaped, hollow fin members are positioned about the periphery of the tail section, with each hollow fin member hav... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4175491 | Warhead and anti-tank missile construction A warhead for an anti-tank projectile or a rocket propelled missile inclu a warhead body with a casing having a plurality of concave shaped-charge type liners arranged around the periphery and surrounding the interior explosive charge and in a plurality ... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4162053 | Brake device for rotating body A brake device for retarding linear and rotative movement of a load carrying unit after ejection from an in-flight projectile, wherein a container encloses the unit and includes a plurality of slits which divide the container into sections. Each section i... | 07/24/1979 |
| 4158447 | Expanding stabilizing fin cup A device for providing fold out fins for stabilizing projectiles or missi which may be tube-launched. The missile is provided with a tubular element or cup which has a plurality of slots defining fin-like stabilizing flaps. The slots extend circumferenti... | 06/19/1979 |
| 4149166 | Doppler countermeasure device 1. A Doppler decoy protection device comprising a missile capable of being launched from a space craft whose protection is sought, and to travel in advance thereof and at a speed greater than the speed of said space craft, guide means extendable rearwardl... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4135686 | Device for starting rocket-driven missiles This invention relates to a device for starting a rocket-driven missile whose filght course is directed opposite the flight course of a carrier aircraft, which comprises aerodynamically-acting braking means adapted to act upon said rocket-driven missile, ... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4072107 | Missile control means The application discloses a sub-missile which breaks up into fragments less han one grain in size and thereby has a lethal effect on personnel. The sub-missiles can be utilized in large missiles and rockets as a warhead by means of a canister so designed t... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4013009 | Illuminating projectiles and pyrotechnic devices An illuminating projectile which can be launched from a rifled-tube unit. The projectile includes on the one hand an illuminating flare which can be disconnected from the body of the projectile after a predetermined period of time under the action of an ejecti... | 03/22/1977 |
| 4009661 | Missile warheads 3. A missile warhead having a pluraity of projector tubes, a pair of projectiles arranged back to back within each projector tube, each projectile having a plurality of spaced integral tongues extending longitudinally rearward thereof in normal unrestrict... | 03/01/1977 |
| 4005655 | Inflatable stabilizer/retarder An extensible aerodynamic stabilizer and retarder apparatus for use on the ail section of free fall weapons. The apparatus replaces the conventional tail fins previously used to stabilize such weapons. The disclosed apparatus is capable of collapsing to a ... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4004487 | Missile fire-control system and method A surface-to-surface missile fire control system employing a pilot projectile fired into a predetermined indirect ballistic trajectory monitored by a fire-control station to determine its actual trajectory and actual coordinates of impact and wherein the ... | 01/25/1977 |
| 3990656 | Pop-up fin A fin construction for small missiles that includes two members that are otally secured together at one end with the other end of one of the members being pivotally secured to a structure and the other end of the other member being slidably mounted on a ... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3978790 | High altitude sonobuoy A sonobuoy for launching at high altitudes from present sonobuoy launching tubes. A plurality of spring loaded stabilizing fins are held in place adjacent the body of the sonobuoy by rotovanes in their stored position. Upon launching the sonobuoy from an ... | 09/07/1976 |
| 3964391 | Dispenser-launched munition with two-stage spin-imparting vanes A dispenser-launched, spin-armed munition is provided with spin-imparting ans made up of a set of helically-oriented primary vanes, having an outer envelope substantially equal to that of the munition body, attached to the body, and a set of helically-ori... | 06/22/1976 |
