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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2002
Roger P. Berry, Huntsville, AL (US);
Daniel F. Lawless, Hazel Green, AL (US);
Stephen C. Cayson, Huntsville, AL (US);
Lamar M. Auman, Union Grove, AL (US);
J. C. Dunaway, Falkville, AL (US);
Mark D. Dixon, Huntsville, AL (US);
David A. Gibson, Fayetteville, TN (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
The Rotational Canted-Joint Missile (RCJM) Control System utilizes a single or multiple body joints that rotate in planes that are not perpendicular to the missile body axis. The result is the deflection of a portion of the missile body for flight control purposes. The canted interface plane between any two adjacent movable sections of the missile body and a joint at the interface plane that allows one of the sections to be rotated by a pre-determined angle with respect to the other section comprise a rotational plane mechanism that offers an inclined bearing plane with a large mechanical advantage over typical “brute force” ball joint methods.