Projectile having an apparatus for flight-path correction

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5836540
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08477121

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A projectile having a longitudinal axis, a sensor disposed in the substantially pointed front end of the projectile for detecting a respective target, and electronics connected to the output of the sensor for igniting a correction charge to effect a correction of the flight path of the projectile by a predetermined angle (.delta..sub.0). In order to install the apparatus for flight-path correction into the respective projectile completely and in a space-saving manner, so that, unlike in known projectiles, corresponding evaluation and signal-transmission units in the respective weapon carrier can be omitted and complicated gyroscopic systems in the projectile can be omitted, the sensor determines the angle (.delta.) between the longitudinal axis of the projectile and the line (target line) connecting the projectile and the target, and when an angle (.delta..sub.0) is reached that is identical in size/magnitude to the deviation caused by the respective correction charge, the electronics ignite this charge.

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RHEINMETALL W & M GMBHHEINRICH-EHRHARDT-STR 2 29345 UNTERLUSS

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Romer, Rudolf Kaarst, DE 27 400
Wollmann, Gerd Oberhausen, DE 7 89

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