Projectile with a range extending wing assembly
AssigneeMbda Incorporated
InventorsHank O'Shea, Dave Madigan, Randy Berberea, Mike Hutchings, Peter Zeman, Rick Cappo, Chuck Ungermann, Lee Johnson
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Abstract
An elongate cylindrical projectile including processing circuitry, a head assembly, a tail section assembly, a mid body section positioned between the head assembly and tail assembly, and a wing assembly, the wing assembly including a deployable wing which is stored in a closed position entirely within the mid body section and is deployed, using an actuator, to outside the mid body section in an open position in response to a command from the processing circuitry.
Claims19
An elongate cylindrical projectile, comprising:
- processing circuitry;
- a head assembly;
- a tail section assembly;
- a mid body section positioned between the head assembly and tail assembly;
- and
- a wing assembly, the wing assembly including a deployable wing which is stored in a closed position entirely within the mid body section and is deployed, using an actuator, to outside the mid body section in an open position in response to a command from the processing circuitry,
- wherein the wing includes a forward wing pivotally attached at a proximal end, and an aft wing pivotally attached at a proximal end, wingtips of the forward wing and the aft wing are attached at a distal pivot, and the proximal ends of the forward wing and aft wing are within the mid body section in the open position.
A method of deploying a wing of a projectile, the projectile comprising processing circuitry, a head assembly, a tail section assembly, and a mid body section positioned between the head assembly and tail assembly, the method comprising:
- storing the wing in a closed position entirely within the mid body section, the wing including a forward wing pivotally attached at a proximal end, and an aft wing pivotally attached at a proximal end, wingtips of the forward wing and the aft wing are attached at a distal pivot, the proximal ends of the forward wing and aft wing are within the mid body section in the open position, and
- deploying the wing, via an actuator, to outside the mid body section in an open position in response to a command from the processing circuitry.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.