Patent · US Expired

Separating device for the aerodynamic braking of a body

US5054400A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 1, 1989
Grant dateOct 8, 1991
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Expiry dateDec 1, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF42B10/50
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A projectile with rear and front sections able to deliver payloads of submunitions contained inside the projectile after separation of the rear from the front section. The rear section is fitted with an assembly of thin blades. When both sections are assembled, the blades are partially in the rear section and partially in the front section, and when the two sections are separated, the blades spread out. The assembly is such that the length of blade that spreads out is greater than the length of blade that was in the front section before separation of the two section.

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