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Guidance apparatus for projectiles

US4763857A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 28, 1987
Grant dateAug 16, 1988
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Expiry dateJul 28, 2007

Classification

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

Abstract

The trajectory of a projectile is variable by means of a thrust generated by gas issuing from a nozzle, the nozzle normally rotating at high speed about the axis of the projectile but assuming a desired angular orientation for a predetermined period of time in order to impart a lateral thrust to the projectile thereby changing its trajectory.

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