Projectile that includes a fin adjustment mechanism with changing backlash

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8436285
APP PUB NO 20120211594A1
SERIAL NO

12843335

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Some embodiments pertain to a projectile that includes a casing and at least one fin that extends from the casing. The projectile further includes a drive inside the casing and an adjustment mechanism inside the casing. The adjustment mechanism includes a first gear that engages the drive and a second gear that engages the fin and the first gear. The second gear includes teeth that are different distances from an axis of rotation of the second gear. The teeth of the second gear that engage the first gear may be the farthest from the axis of rotation of the second gear when the fin is aligned with a flight axis of the projectile. The engaging teeth of the second gear get closer to the axis of rotation of the second gear as the fin is maneuvered away from the flight axis of the projectile.

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RAYTHEON COMPANY50 APPLE HILL DRIVE TEWKSBURY MA 01876

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Corradini, John Tucson, US 11 19

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