Fin control actuation system
AssigneeRafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd.
InventorsAlexander Vainshtein, Michael Shneider
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Abstract
A mechanism for steering and maneuvering an airborne body comprised of at least one actuator comprising an electric motor having a first axis, and a gear transmission for transmitting power from the electric motor to an angular motion axis of a fin that has an angular motion around a second axis to steer the airborne body, and wherein the mechanism is characterized in that the gear transmission is a beveloid gear type of transmission, an airborne body that comprised the mechanism, and a method for achieving the desired flight path of an airborne body implementing the mechanism.
Claims10
1-6. (canceled)
A mechanism for steering and maneuvering an airborne body comprising:
- at least one actuator, the at least one actuator comprising,
- an electric motor having a first axis, and
- a gear transmission for transmitting power from the electric motor to an angular motion axis of a fin that has an angular motion around a second axis to steer the airborne body by aerodynamic maneuvering or Thrust Vector Control (TVC), wherein the gear transmission is a beveloid gear transmission.
A method of achieving the desired flight path of an airborne body by means of fins that move in the desired direction and to the extent required for achieving the desired flight path of the airborne body by aerodynamic maneuvering or Thrust Vector Control (TVC), the method comprising packaging the airborne body with an assembly comprised of transmissions of beveloid gear type as a means for transferring power from the electric motors in the assembly to the angular motion axes of the fins of the airborne body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.