Patent · US Expired

Device for guiding a missile

US5433399A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Rheinmetall GmbH · DE

Inventors

Wilfried Becker · Düsseldorf, DE
Werner Grosswendt · Ratingen, DE
Michael Schwenzer · Hermannsburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 2, 1994
Grant date	Jul 18, 1995
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 2, 2014

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF42B10/661
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for guiding a missile (1; 30) with a missile tip (2) and a cylindrical section (3) adjoining the tip of the missile; the device is provided with at least one control block (4; 31, 32) with exhaust openings (13-15) of corresponding nozzle bodies (10-12) arranged perpendicularly in relation to the missile's surface. In order to accomplish effective guidance, particularly of high-speed missiles (1; 30), in a simple and cost-effective manner it is proposed that the control block (4; 31, 32) be constructed with a plurality of small, fast-burning rocket motors (7-9; 33-36) that are arranged radially on the missile's periphery (1; 30) and that are ignitable in a predeterminable sequence and number.

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