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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas E. Harkins, Joppa, MD (US);
T. Gordon Brown, Abingdon, MD (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B 1/002 ; F42B 1/501 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B 1/002 ; F42B 1/501 ;
Abstract
An active damping method and a self-contained active damping system that can be retrofitted to existing rockets are provided which for reducing the dispersion of rockets by using lateral thrusters to oppose any initial yawing motion. The self-contained system of the present invention can be installed in a cylindrical section of a rocket body by insertion between other flight body parts.