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US 11,768,062 B2Granted
Guided missile with at least one engine for producing forward thrust
AssigneeAirbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH
InventorMoritz Buesing
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Abstract
A guided missile with a sleeve-shaped missile body, at least one engine for producing forward thrust, at least one flight direction control device, and at least one aerodynamic extension. The least one flight direction control device is rotatably mounted to a top area and/or a bottom area of the sleeve-shaped missile body for adjusting a flight direction of the guided missile. The least one aerodynamic extension comprises an aerodynamic cross-sectional shape that is arranged on a left-hand side and/or a right-hand side of the sleeve-shaped missile body.
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A guided missile comprising:
- a sleeve-shaped missile body that extends along a longitudinal axis from a front section to a rear section, along a height axis from a bottom area to a top area, and along a transversal axis from a left-hand side to a right-hand side;
- at least one engine for producing forward thrust, the at least one engine being accommodated inside the sleeve-shaped missile body and comprising a nozzle that is arranged at the rear section of the sleeve-shaped missile body;
- at least one flight direction control device that is rotatably mounted to the top area or the bottom area of the sleeve-shaped missile body for adjusting a flight direction of the guided missile;
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- at least one aerodynamic extension with an aerodynamic cross-sectional shape that is arranged on one of the left-hand side or the right-hand side of the sleeve-shaped missile body, wherein the at least one aerodynamic extension forms together with the sleeve-shaped missile body a lift generating airfoil at an angle oblique to the longitudinal axis for producing additional lift during flight, and wherein a curved extension is arranged on the other one of the left-hand side or the right-hand side of the sleeve-shaped missile body.
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A guided missile comprising:
- a sleeve-shaped missile body extending along a longitudinal axis from a front section to a rear section, along a height axis from a bottom area to a top area, and along a transversal axis from a left-hand side to a right-hand side;
- an engine for producing forward thrust, the engine disposed inside the sleeve-shaped missile body and comprising a nozzle disposed at the rear section of the sleeve-shaped missile body;
- a flight direction control device rotatably mounted to the top area or the bottom area of the sleeve-shaped missile body to enable adjusting a flight direction of the guided missile;
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- an aerodynamic extension with an aerodynamic cross-sectional shape disposed on one of the left-hand side or the right-hand side of the sleeve-shaped missile body, wherein the aerodynamic extension with the sleeve-shaped missile body forms a lift generating airfoil at an angle oblique to the longitudinal axis to enable producing additional lift during flight, and wherein a curved extension is disposed on the other one of the left-hand side or the right-hand side of the sleeve-shaped missile body.
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A guided missile comprising:
- a sleeve-shaped missile body extending i) from a front section to a rear section, ii) from a bottom area to a top area, and iii) from a left-hand side to a right-hand side;
- an engine for producing forward thrust and being accommodated inside the sleeve-shaped missile body, the engine comprising a nozzle at the rear section of the sleeve-shaped missile body;
- a flight direction control device rotatably mounted to the sleeve-shaped missile body for adjusting a flight direction of the guided missile;
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- an aerodynamic extension having an aerodynamic cross-sectional shape on one side of the sleeve-shaped missile body, wherein the aerodynamic extension forms together with the sleeve-shaped missile body a lift generating airfoil at an angle oblique to a longitudinal axis of the missile body for producing additional lift during flight, and wherein a curved extension is arranged on the other side of the sleeve-shaped missile body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.