Projectile with correctable trajectory

US5054712A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Diehl GmbH & Co. · DE

Inventors

• Klaus Bar · Achern, DE
• Gunther Lehrieder · Westerburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 10, 1990
• Grant date: Oct 8, 1991
• Expiry date: Sep 10, 2010

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F42B10/661
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A spin-stabilized projectile with a correctable trajectory, wherein the projectile possesses lateral or transverse thrust-propulsion devices which are distributed about the circumference thereof, each incorporating an impulse-generating charge inclusive an electrically-activatable detonator arranged beneath a cover which is radially ejectable relative to the longitudinal axis of the projectile. The detonator, with the presence of a connecting cable which initially extends coaxially with the cover and then thereafter extends at an angle relative thereto, is arranged in the transitional region intermediate the impulse-generating charge and the cover, whereby the cover, with conformance of its external contour to the contour of the encompassing casing surface of the projectile, is fixed to the structure of the projectile across a rupture location, which is hermetically sealed radially inwardly of the impulse-generating charge with respect to the center of the projectile.