Method and apparatus for changing the spin of a projectile in flight

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7806053
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11501659

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At least some of the segments of a segmented rod projectile are provided with a mechanism that causes them to divert away from the projectile's original line of flight after the segments are separated during flight to the target. That mechanism is illustratively a notched flare. The segments illustratively divert in a predetermined dispersion pattern. In order to ensure that each segment flies in the desired direction after separation, the disclosed projectile includes a mechanism that, just prior to segment separation, arrests spin of the projectile. Thus the segments are essentially non-spinning after separation and thus the desired diversion will not be counteracted by post-separation spin of the segments.

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  • AT&T CORP.;AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
King, Hartley Hughes Santa Barbara, US 7 32
Menna, Thomas Louis Santa Barbara, US 7 32
Romero, Lawrence Steven Santa Ynez, US 7 32

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