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Gas jet steering device and method missile comprising such a device

US4463921A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 20, 1982
Grant dateAug 7, 1984
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Expiry dateApr 20, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF42B10/663
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A steering device comprising an annular element having N exhaust nozzles and a rotary element disposed coaxially inside said annular element; the rotary element comprising M gas passageways may be positioned in MN discrete directions so as to provide a transverse thrust force orientated in one of the steering planes.

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