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US 2019/0316887 A1Published application
Pre-slit membrane slot cover
AssigneeSimmonds Precision Products, Inc.
InventorMartin Edwy Buttolph
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Abstract
A projectile includes a housing and a slot formed in the housing. A deployable flight surface is inside the housing. A cover is attached to the housing and covers the slot. A cutter is adjacent the cover and moves in the slot and slices the cover to open the slot and allow deployment of the flight surface through the slot.
Claims20
A projectile comprising:
- a fuselage;
- a slot formed in the fuselage;
- a flight surface deployable from an inside of the fuselage to an outside of the fuselage;
- a membrane attached to the fuselage and covering the slot;
- and
- a cutter positioned and configured to move along a length of the slot to slice the membrane to allow deployment of the flight surface through the slot.
3 more elements
A projectile comprising:
- a housing;
- a slot formed in the housing;
- a deployable flight surface inside the housing;
- a cover attached to the housing and covering the slot;
- and
- a cutter adjacent the cover, wherein the cutter moves in the slot and slices the cover to open the slot and allow deployment of the flight surface through the slot.
3 more elements
A method for deploying a flight surface through a slot formed on the outer housing of a guided projectile, the method comprising:
- moving a cutter from a first end of the slot to a second end of the slot;
- slicing a membrane covering the slot as the cutter moves from the first end of the slot to the second end of the slot;
- extending the flight surface through the sliced membrane and the slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.