Patent · US Expired

Side thruster of flying object

US6502384B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 8, 2000
Grant dateJan 7, 2003
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Expiry dateDec 22, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02K9/94
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A side thruster of a flying object of the invention is provided with a solid gas generating agent, a nozzle arranged in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the flying object, a tube body for flowing the gas generated in accordance with a combustion of the solid gas generating agent to the nozzle, the solid gas generating agent being arranged around the tube body, a plurality of orifices provided on a peripheral wall of the tube body along its circumferential direction and capable of injecting the gas generated in accordance with the combustion of the solid gas generating agent toward an axis of the tube body, and a valve provided within the tube body and rotatable around the axis of the tube body so as to open and close the plurality of orifices.

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