The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Dec. 27, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2004
Eric Scheper, Essex Fells, NJ (US);
Anthony Vella, East Hanover, NJ (US);
Dave Maurizi, Fairfax, VA (US);
Andrew Molina, Stroudsburg, PA (US);
Eric Scheper, Essex Fells, NJ (US);
Anthony Vella, East Hanover, NJ (US);
Dave Maurizi, Fairfax, VA (US);
Andrew Molina, Stroudsburg, PA (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A fin deployment system for missiles and munitions that deploys and activates straight flat fins for roll control authority. The fin deployment system employs numerous design features, among which are the following: A wrap-around fin concept generates space-savings within a projectile body whereby the fins are arranged in a wrapped configuration around a boomtail structure. The fins may be constructed of a super-elastic material; the system eliminates mechanical means of deploying the wrapped fins, eliminating the need for springs to deploy the fins. The fin deployment achieves substantial space savings for increasing the onboard towing capacity of electronic packaging or lethality in the missiles and munitions systems, while at the same time providing a good roll control authority during flight by enabling a straight fin deployment resulting from the use of super-elastic materials.