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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Bae Systems Land & Armaments, L.p., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Eugene W. Carlson, Elk River, MN (US);
Thomas A. Zolen, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
Robert W. Citro, Centerville, MN (US);
Kien D. Tran, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A projectile having a fin deployment system disposed about its circumference. The fins are initially contained by a fin cover that is removed by aerodynamic force. The fins are then rotated around a rotational axis parallel to and offset from the central axial axis of the projectile body by the centrifugal forces created by the rotation of the projectile as the projectile passes through a barrel of a gun system or tube launcher. The fin deployment system can also have locking systems that lock the fins in the deployed position and prevent the fins from rotating back into the retracted position after deployment.