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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 1981
Filed:
May. 04, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Aubrey Rodgers, Huntsville, AL (US);
Escar L Bailey, Athens, AL (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
244-322 ; 244-31 ; 244-316 ; 74-543 ;
Abstract
A reaction-jet torquer system carried in a projectile to aim the projectile o a target. The torquer system uses the thrust of sonic nozzles to control a gyro rotor inertial frame of reference. The reaction force applied to the gimbal gives the rotor the capability of tracking the target. A sensor carried by the gyro provides logic which identifies and activates the appropriate nozzle or nozzles of the system to generate the required gimbal force.