Tension fracture fitting in missile separation thruster
US4171663A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 22, 1977 |
| Grant date | Oct 23, 1979 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 22, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF42B15/36
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A tension fracture fitting is mounted between two stages of a missile and fractured by separation thruster mechanism at an appropriate time to separate the missile stages and to guide the missile stages and prevent lateral translation between the two stages during initial separation.
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