Spiralling missile—B
OwnerTom Kusicinventor
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A cross-section of a missile 1 with the missile attachment 2. The missile attachment consists of a cylindrical tube 3 which encircles part of the missile 1, and a protruding section 4 with a concave forward facing surface area 5. Shown also is a friction inducing movable component in the form of a lever 11 pivotly attached to the missile by a bracket 12, such that the lever 11 can be pivotly moved an actuating mechanism which is in the form of an electric motor 13 using a rotor arm 14. When the lever is pivoted by the electric motor 13, using the rotor arm 14, a part of the lever is pressed through a hole 15 in the missile 1 so that the part of the lever that is pressed through the hole can reach the cylindrical tube. As the rotor arm 14 presses harder against the lever, the lever is pressed harder against the cylindrical tube. With the friction that occurs between the lever and the cylindrical tube, the rotation of the cylindrical tube relative to the missile can be controlled, so that the spiralling motion of the missile can be controlled. A computer 16 controls the action of the electric motor 13, and a battery 17 provides electrical power for the computer and the electrical motor.
A missile with a missile attachment, which said missile attachment consists of a tube with a protruding section, which said protruding section protrudes outward from the tube, and which said protruding section has a forward facing surface area, with the said tube attached to the missile such that a part of the said missile is encircled by the said tube and such that the said tube is able to rotate relative to the part of the missile that is encircled by the tube, with the tube able to achieve continuous rotation relative to the missile during flight of the missile due to impact between the forward facing surface area and air during flight of the missile, with a lever attached to the missile such that a part of the lever can be pushed towards the said tube so as to induce frictional force between the said lever and the tube, and with an actuating mechanism attached to the missile, which actuating mechanism is attached to the missile such that the actuating mechanism can push part of the lever towards the tube.
A missile with a missile attachment, which said missile attachment consists of a tube with a protruding section, which said protruding section protrudes outward from the tube, and which said protruding section has a forward facing surface area, with the said tube attached to the missile such that a part of the said missile is encircled by the said tube and such that the said tube is able to rotate relative to the part of the missile that is encircled by the tube, with the tube able to achieve continuous rotation relative to the missile during flight of the missile due to impact between the forward facing surface area and air during flight of the missile, and which said missile has a friction inducing attachment, which said friction inducing attachment is attached to the missile, which friction inducing attachment has a moveable component and an actuating mechanism, and which moveable component can be moved by the actuating mechanism relative to the missile such that the moveable component can be moved towards the tube by the actuating mechanism and such that a continuous rubbing action can occur between the moveable component and the tube, thereby creating friction between the said moveable component and the said tube during flight of the missile such that with friction the friction inducing attachment can allow the tube to continue to rotate relative to the encircled part of the missile but restrict rotation of the tube relative to the encircled part of the missile to a rate of rotation that is lower than a rate of rotation that the tube could achieve relative to the encircled part of the missile if the moveable component was not moved towards the tube.
A missile with a missile attachment, which said missile attachment consists of a tube with a protruding section, which said protruding section protrudes outward from the tube, with the said tube attached to the missile such that a part of the said missile is encircled by the said tube and such that the said tube is able to rotate relative to the part of the missile that is encircled by the tube, with the tube able to achieve continuous rotation relative to the missile during flight of the missile due to impact between the protruding section and air during flight of the missile, and which said missile has a friction inducing attachment, which said friction inducing attachment is attached to the missile and which said friction inducing attachment has a moveable component and an actuating mechanism, and which moveable component can be moved by the actuating mechanism relative to the missile such that the moveable component can be moved towards the tube by the actuating mechanism and such that a continuous rubbing action can occur between the moveable component and the tube, thereby creating friction between the said moveable component and the said tube during flight of the missile such that with friction the friction inducing attachment can allow the tube to continue to rotate relative to the encircled part of the missile but restrict rotation of the tube relative to the encircled part of the missile to a rate of rotation that is lower than a rate of rotation that the tube could achieve if the moveable component was not moved towards the tube.
A missile with a missile attachment, which said missile attachment consists of a tube with an externally protruding section and an internally protruding section, with the said externally protruding section protruding outward from the tube, and the internally protruding section protruding inwardly of the tube, and which said externally protruding section has a forward facing surface area, with the said tube attached to the missile such that a part of the said missile is encircled by the said tube and such that the said tube is able to rotate relative to the part of the missile that is encircled by the tube, with the tube able to achieve continuous rotation relative to the missile during flight of the missile due to impact between the forward facing surface area and air during flight of the missile, and which said missile has a friction inducing attachment, which said friction inducing attachment is attached to the missile and which friction inducing attachment has a moveable component and an actuating mechanism, and which moveable component can be moved by the actuating mechanism relative to the missile such that the moveable component can be moved towards the internally protruding section of the said tube such that a continuous rubbing action can occur between the moveable component and the internally protruding section of the tube, thereby creating friction between the moveable component and the internally protruding section of the tube such that with frictional force the friction inducing attachment can allow the tube to continue to rotate relative to the encircled part of the missile but restrict rotation of the tube relative to the encirlced part of the missile to a rate of rotation that is lower than a rate of rotation that the tube could achieve relative to the encircled part of missile if the moveable component was not moved towards the internally protruding section of the tube.
A missile with a missile attachment, which said missile attachment consists of a tube with an externally protruding section and an internally protruding section, with the said externally protruding section protruding outward from the tube, and the internally protruding section protruding inwardly of the tube, and with the said tube attached to the missile such that a part of the said missile is encircled by the said tube and such that the said tube is able to rotate relative to the part of the missile that is encircled by the tube, with the tube able to achieve continuous rotation relative to the missile during flight of the missile due to impact between the externally protruding section and air during flight of the missile, and which said missile has a friction inducing attachment, which said friction inducing attachment is attached to the missile and which friction inducing attachment has a moveable component and an actuating mechanism, and which moveable component can be moved by the actuating mechanism relative to the missile such that the moveable component can be moved towards the internally protruding section of the said tube such that a continuous rubbing action can occur between the moveable component and the internally protruding section of the tube, thereby creating friction between the moveable component and the internally protruding section of the tube such that with frictional force the friction inducing attachment can allow the tube to rotate relative to the encirlced part of the missile but restrict rotation of the tube relative to the encircled part of the missile to a rate of rotation that is lower than a rate of rotation that the tube could achieve relative to the encirlced part of the missile if the moveable component was not moved towards the internally protruding section of the tube.
The missile of any one of claims 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 1113, 14 or 15, wherein the tube has a longitudinal axis of rotation and the forward facing surface area is concavely curved such that if the tube was placed in a horizontal position such that the longitudinal axis of rotation of the tube was placed in a horizontal position, and a side of the tube could be viewed while the tube was in the said horizontal position, and the protruding section was positioned on an upper most position on the tube such that the protruding section protruded above the tube, an outline of the forward facing surface area that protruded above the tube would appear concave with respect to the protruding section while a side of the tube is viewed from a position that is level in height to the longitudinal axis of rotation of the tube.
The missile of any one of claims 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 1113, 14 or 15, wherein the forward facing surface area is concave with respect to the protruding section.
The missile of any one of claims 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 1113, 14 or 15, wherein the forward facing surface area is slanted forward with respect to the tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.