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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2014
Applicant:
Blue Origin, Llc, Kent, WA (US);
Inventor:
Mark Featherstone, Issaquah, WA (US);
Assignee:
Blue Origin, LLC, Kent, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/62 (2006.01); F42B 10/06 (2006.01); F42B 15/01 (2006.01); B64G 1/00 (2006.01); B64G 1/60 (2006.01); B64G 1/24 (2006.01); B64G 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B 15/01 (2013.01); B64G 1/002 (2013.01); B64G 1/60 (2013.01); B64G 1/24 (2013.01); B64G 1/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
Vehicles with bidirectional control surfaces and associated systems and methods are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, a rocket can include a plurality of bidirectional control surfaces positioned toward an aft portion of the rocket. In this embodiment, the bidirectional control surfaces can be operable to control the orientation and/or flight path of the rocket during both ascent, in a nose-first orientation, and descent, in a tail-first orientation for, e.g., a tail-down landing.