Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Projectile, and system and method for steering a projectile
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Application No.: US15768943Application Date: 2016-10-25
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Publication No.: US10704874B2Publication Date: 2020-07-07
- Inventor: Asher Lotan
- Applicant: ISRAEL AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES LTD.
- Applicant Address: IL Lod
- Assignee: ISRAEL AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES LTD.
- Current Assignee: ISRAEL AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: IL Lod
- Agency: Dorsey & Whitney
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@46e8adce
- International Application: PCT/IL2016/051156 WO 20161025
- International Announcement: WO2017/072764 WO 20170504
- Main IPC: F42B10/66
- IPC: F42B10/66 ; F41G7/22 ; F42B10/26 ; F41G7/30 ; G01S13/88 ; F42B10/54 ; G01S17/88 ; G01S13/00

Abstract:
A projectile is disclosed, having: a longitudinal axis, a steering assembly, a shell body, an attitude control system, a despin module, an electromagnetic receiver and/or emitter system, and a controller. The attitude control system includes a ram air inlet in selective open fluid communication with an exhaust assembly, which includes a plurality of exhaust outlets to selectively generate each of a plurality of thrust jets from a ram air inflow provided by the ram air inlet, each thrust jet being selectively controllable via the controller. The despin module is configured for selectively de-spinning the steering assembly with respect to the shell body about the longitudinal axis. The electromagnetic receiver and/or emitter system is configured for receiving and/or emitting electromagnetic energy, and for cooperating with the controller for operating the exhaust assembly to thereby selectively provide steering control moments. Systems and methods for steering the projectile are also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180306563A1 PROJECTILE, AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STEERING A PROJECTILE Public/Granted day:2018-10-25
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