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Method and device for correcting the trajectory of a spin-stabilised projectile

US6616093B1 · kind B1 · utility

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10Claims

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Assignee

Bofors Weapon Systems AB · SE

Inventors

Kjell Albrektsson · Karlskoga, SE
Torsten Wik · Gothenburg, SE
Ulf Hellman · Karlskoga, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 28, 1999
Grant date	Sep 9, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 28, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG05D1/108
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and a device for correcting the trajectory (7, 8, 10, 11) of a spin-stabilised projectile (12) in azimuth by controlling its rate of spin by devices (18-21) deployable on the outside of the projectile (12) where they act on the airflow.

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