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US Patent 4113204 - Auxiliary control of vehicle direction
US Patent Issued on September 12, 1978
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
February 22, 1997Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
February 22, 1997Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.AbstractAn auxiliary aerodynamic or hydrodynamic control assembly is provided for a vehicle, such as a guided missile, travelling in a fluid medium, which assembly comprises a number of, say three, control surfaces each carried at the inner end of an arm that is mounted at its outer end on a pivot situated at or near the periphery of a housing of circular cross section, the arm pivots being spaced equidistantly around said periphery. In its neutral or undeflected position each arm extends radially inward from the respective pivot and the control surface it carries, which is generally in the form of a circular arc centered on the pivot, lies retracted wholly within the housing. Angular movement of each arm about its pivot in one direction or the other causes one or the other half of the respective control surface to project from the housing. Different combinations of movement of the several control surfaces give rise to moments in roll, pitch or yaw. | InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 05/770793 filed on 02/22/1977US Classes:244/3.21, Attitude control mechanisms114/23Steering mechanismField of Search244/3.1, MISSILE STABILIZATION OR TRAJECTORY CONTROL244/3.21Attitude control mechanismsExaminersPrimary: Pendegrass, Verlin R.Attorney, Agent or FirmUS Patent References2520433, 2793591, 3125313International ClassesF42B 10/00 (20060101)F42B 19/00 (20060101) B64C 9/00 (20060101) B64C 9/34 (20060101) F42B 10/64 (20060101) F42B 19/06 (20060101) Foreign Application Priority Data1976-02-26 GB |
