Back to results
US 2022/0163302 A1Published application
Steering system with power take-off from actuators
AssigneeRaytheon Company
InventorJohn Bugge
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Loading patent…
Loading patent…
AssigneeRaytheon Company
InventorJohn Bugge
Estimating the term…
A power take-off (PTO) system includes a spur pinion on a shaft, used to turn a sector face gear that is coupled to a surface to be turned, such as a jet vane in a rocket nozzle. These may be parts of a thrust vectoring system, with the PTO system used to connect to a control surface actuator for a control surface such as a fin. The mechanical coupling between the fin and the jet vane may enable steering of a flight vehicle such as a missile at both low speeds and high speeds, with the thrust vectoring by the jet vane effective at low airspeeds and the control surface movement used for steering at high airspeeds. The PTO system may be backward compatible with prior systems, while allowing a more direct connection between the control surface actuator and the thrust vectoring system, with a reduced number of parts.
A power take-off system for use with an actuator, the power take-off system comprising:
A thrust vector control (TVC) vane drive system comprising:
A method of vector control of a flight vehicle, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.