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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2003
Richard Dryer, Oro Valley, AZ (US);
Rudolph Adolph Eisentraut, Tucson, AZ (US);
Martin Allen Kebschull, Tucson, AZ (US);
John Christopher Parine, Tucson, AZ (US);
Richard Dryer, Oro Valley, AZ (US);
Rudolph Adolph Eisentraut, Tucson, AZ (US);
Martin Allen Kebschull, Tucson, AZ (US);
John Christopher Parine, Tucson, AZ (US);
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A deployment mechanism () in combination with a missile (), guided projectile () or other ordnance that automatically pivots and rotates a fin () from a stowed orientation to a deployed orientation. The deployment mechanism () includes a tubular cam () having a retention mechanism () that retains the fin () simply and reliably in the stowed orientation. The tubular cam also guides the fin () quickly to the deployed orientation.