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Canard control assembly for a projectile

US4512537A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 10, 1973
Grant dateApr 23, 1985
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Expiry dateAug 10, 1993

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF41G7/2293
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Control is provided to conventional gun-fired projectiles by substituting for the standard fuze thereof a device comprising a canard frame and a main housing, which threads into the fuze well of the projectile, with the canard frame being rotatable with respect to the main housing and having deflectable canards thereon for providing vernier correction on the trajectory to the projectile.

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