Aeronautics and astronautics – Missile stabilization or trajectory control – Externally mounted stabilizing appendage
Patent
1996-03-19
1997-05-20
Kashnikow, Andres
Aeronautics and astronautics
Missile stabilization or trajectory control
Externally mounted stabilizing appendage
244 329, 74 8918, F42B 1006, F42B 1501, F16H 2920
Patent
active
056305648
ABSTRACT:
An actuation system for controlling the steerable nozzle of a missile or like vehicle is combined with an aerofin control system, both of which are driven in unison by associated drive motors and gear assemblies, one set for each aerofin. The nozzle steering system comprises two essentially identical yoke plates mounted along a plane generally transverse to the missile axis and oriented orthogonally relative to each other about the missile axis for pivoting the nozzle through mutually orthogonal axes, thereby achieving omni-directional steering. The yoke plates are coupled at opposite ends to pinion gears which are driven by the same gear assemblies which drive the associated aerofins. The arrangement permits common directional control of the steerable nozzle and the aerofins while maintaining the nozzle in a neutral direction when the aerofins are rotated to a missile roll control mode.
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Speicher John M.
Voigt Allan A.
Voigt Che-Ram S.
Bissell Henry M.
Kashnikow Andres
Mojica Virna Lissi
Versatron Corporation
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