Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Drogue control systems and apparatus
-
Application No.: US15461685Application Date: 2017-03-17
-
Publication No.: US10703501B2Publication Date: 2020-07-07
- Inventor: Daniel Allan Pruzan , Daniel Joseph Lesieutre
- Applicant: Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US VA Hampton
- Assignee: ANALYTICAL MECHANICS ASSOCIATES, INC.
- Current Assignee: ANALYTICAL MECHANICS ASSOCIATES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Hampton
- Agency: Mueting, Raasch & Gebhardt, P.A.
- Main IPC: B64D39/06
- IPC: B64D39/06 ; B64D39/02 ; B64D39/04

Abstract:
Systems, apparatus, and methods may control movement of an object through a fluid. The systems, apparatus, and methods may utilize a rotatable control unit including a pair of fins to generate a control force at least partially perpendicular to a direction of travel of the object through the fluid. One fin may be configured to generate a different amount of rolling moment than the other fin to provide rotational acceleration and energy production.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180265212A1 DROGUE CONTROL SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2018-09-20
Information query