Aerodynamically compliant projectile nose

US4998994A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · US

Inventors

• Edward M. Schmidt · Forest Hill, US
• William F. Donovan · Aberdeen, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 20, 1989
• Grant date: Mar 12, 1991
• Expiry date: Sep 20, 2009

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F42B10/02
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A high velocity aerodynamic projectile having a central body with a forward nd, a rearward end and a longitudinal axis, the forward end of the body has a pedestal coaxially extending outward from the body. The projectile has aft stabilizing fins or a flare rigidly affixed at its rearward end and a forward stablizing means pivotably attached to the pedestal of the central body. The forward stabilizing means consists of a self-aligning projectile nose having its rearward end separated from the forward end of the projectile's central body so as to allow the self-aligning projectile nose to pivot and align with the oncoming air stream.