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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2011
Matthew B. Castor, Tucson, AZ (US);
John Fawcett Roden Bugge, Tucson, AZ (US);
Jeffrey P. Sowers, Orlando, FL (US);
Matthew B. Castor, Tucson, AZ (US);
John Fawcett Roden Bugge, Tucson, AZ (US);
Jeffrey P. Sowers, Orlando, FL (US);
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A control actuation system for an air-breathing rocket motor propelled guided missile positions the drive motors and input gears in an inlet fairing extending aft of the air inlet towards the tail of the missile. The output gears are positioned coincident with and mechanically coupled to their respective tail fins spaced around the circumference of the missile. At least one of the tail fins is offset in a circumferential direction of the missile from its corresponding input gear and the inlet fairing. At least one ring gear is positioned around the exhaust tube to rotate in the circumferential direction of the missile. The ring gear comprises input and output teeth that engage the input and output gears, respectively, to actuate the tail fin.