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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 1981
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas W Bastian, Fullerton, CA (US);
Assignee:
General Dynamics, Pomona Division, Pomona, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
244-322 ; 60230 ; 23926519 ;
Abstract
A missile jet tab actuator system for a thrust vector control coupled to aerodynamic controlled surfaces is disclosed. The device removes roll information present in commands to the aerodynamic surfaces. Only pitch and yaw information is thus supplied to the thrust vector control jet tabs. In this disclosure, the roll information is removed by a gear and slotted sleeve system. The resulting pitch and yaw output is used to drive the thrust vector control jet tabs. No separate set of independently powered actuators for such tabs is required.