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Patent No.:

US 4228737 B1

Date of Patent:

Oct. 21, 1980

Filed:

Oct. 27, 1954

Glide bomb

Applicant:

Inventors:

Marvin J Kahn, Baltimore, MD (US);

Robert J Malchodi, Baltimore, MD (US);

Joseph P Paine, Baltimore, MD (US);

Milton J Rogers, Baltimore, MD (US);

Robert L Zouck, Pikesville, MD (US);

Assignee:

AAI Corporation, Cockeysville, MD (US);

Attorney:

Pippin, Jr.; Reginald F.

Primary Examiner:

Charles T Jordan

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

F42B / ;

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

102-3 ;

Abstract

1. A glide bomb adapted to be carried in the bombay of an aircraft and released to glide along a predetermined path to a selected target for scattering units of destructive material over a relatively large area comprising, an elongated fuselage, a sustaining wing carried by said fuselage, said sustaining wing comprising a plurality of hinged panels foldable about said fuselage, means responsive to releasing said bomb for moving said panels into alignment for sustaining said bomb, control members carried by said wing, gyro controlled means carried by said bomb and connecting with said control members for actuating the latter whereby to cause said bomb to glide along said predetermined path, tail fins carried by said fuselage for stabilizing the bomb, means for releasing the sustaining wing at the end of the glide path, and means for canting said tail fins to cause said fuselage to spin about its longitudinal axis and impart a radial velocity to the units of destructive material when said fuselage is released from said wing.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Kahn, Marvin. (1980). Glide bomb (U.S. Patent No. 4228737). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/4228737

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