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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:
Jul. 07, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
John R Vig, Colts Neck, NJ (US);
Steven W Waugh, Alexandria, VA (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B / ; F41G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
244-324 ; 244-321 ; 244-323 ; 244-326 ;
Abstract
A guided artillery projectile is provided for use in improving its accuracy while spinning. The projectile includes an artillery shell, a plurality of movable fins, fin actuators for two-dimensional steering, a fin control for the fin actuators, and a guidance unit for the fin control. A method of guiding an artillery projectile is also provided.