Aeronautics and astronautics – Missile stabilization or trajectory control – Automatic guidance
Patent
1952-12-05
1976-04-20
Hubler, Malcolm F.
Aeronautics and astronautics
Missile stabilization or trajectory control
Automatic guidance
244 316, 244 319, 244 320, F41G 700, F42B 1502
Patent
active
039513580
ABSTRACT:
5. In a target-seeking device having a plurality of steering members for steering it along a predetermined type of navigation course with respect to a target that is illuminated by radio-frequency signals having a substantially constant repetition rate, a guidance and control system operable solely in response to echoes of said signals reflected from said target for effecting the steering of said device along said predetermined course, said system comprising, in combination, gyroscope scanning means for conically scanning an area wherein said target is located; means coupled to said scanning means for receiving said signals, means for operating said receiving means in synchronism with the received echo signals, said scanning means being a generator of reference signals; means selectively operable by said reference signals and coupled to said receiving means to produce error signals representative of the deviation of said target from the center of the field of scan; and means selectively operable in response to said error signals and coupled to said scanning means and to said steering members to effect continuous tracking of said target by said scanning means and to operate said steering elements for steering said device along said predetermined course.
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patent: 2463119 (1949-03-01), Pyle
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patent: 2588382 (1952-03-01), Hammond
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DeLano Richard H.
Griest Raymond H.
Wooldridge Dean E.
Hammond Noel B.
Haskell James K.
Hubler Malcolm F.
Hughes Aircraft Company
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