Patent · US Expired

Separately banking maneuvering aerodynamic control surfaces, system and method

US5322243A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 1, 1993
Grant dateJun 21, 1994
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Expiry dateFeb 1, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB64C9/06
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A maneuvering system for a flight vehicle rotates a lifting aerodynamic surface of the flight vehicle about an axis parallel with a direction of flight of the vehicle in a rotational direction corresponding to the desired change of flight direction to which the vehicle is to be steered, while maintaining attitude stability of the flight vehicle by altering other aerodynamic surfaces of the vehicle.

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