Articulated nose missile control actuation system
US6364248B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 6, 2000 |
| Grant date | Apr 2, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 6, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF42B10/62
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A missile nose is tiltable and rotatable relative to a missile body through the action of an actuator system. In an exemplary embodiment, the actuator systems uses two electro-mechanical actuators mounted co-axially and having the output shaft of one actuator fed through the shaft of the other. One of the actuators controls a tilt angle between a longitudinal axis of the body and a longitudinal axis of the nose. The other actuator rotates the nose about the longitudinal axis of the body. A method of steering a missile includes using the actuator system to maintain the missile nose pointed at a target or other desired destination.
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