Claims
- 1. A vehicle steering device, that is joined to an air-dropped component, comprising:
- a. aerodynamic housing means, including a front tip end, to provide necessary structure to join to the component;
- b. nose cavity means in said housing means carrying orientation means that causes the device to assume proper longitudinal orientation with respect to the earth's gravitational field;
- c. gravity reaction means located inside said housing means adjacent said nose cavity to force the device to seek the earth's surface; and
- d. guiding means connected to said reaction means to adjust the flight path of the device during free-fall.
- 2. A vehicle steering device as described in claim 1 wherein said aerodynamic housing means has an ogive-shaped nose portion.
- 3. A vehicle steering device as described in claim 1 wherein said aerodynamic housing means has a conically-shaped nose portion.
- 4. A vehicle steering device as described in claim 1 wherein said nose cavity means has a rear wall, oppositely disposed from said tip end, that is slanted at a pre-specified angle toward said tip end, and carries a pre-specified amount of slidable means therein.
- 5. A vehicle steering device as described in claim 1 wherein said gravity reaction means comprises a pre-specified weight movably fixed aft of said nose cavity means.
- 6. A vehicle steering device as described in claim 5 wherein said guiding means comprises oppositely-disposed wings joined to a common rod connected through said housing means to said weight at a control means.
- 7. A vehicle steering device as described in claim 6 wherein said control means comprises a semi-circular toothed gear contactingly associated with a toothed and slidable rack.
- 8. A steering device, for steering an air-dropped component joined thereto, comprising:
- a hollow bullet-shaped nose;
- a tubular mid-section joined to said nose and to the component;
- said nose containing a cavity defined by a wall slanted therein at a prespecified angle and containing a predetermined amount of mercury;
- a rack, slidably fixed to a predetermined location on the inside surface of said mid-section;
- a gear contactingly adjacent said rack;
- a mass of predetermined weight adjacent said wall and rigidly connected to said gear;
- a rod, extending through oppositely-disposed apertures in said mid-section and joined to said gear; and
- a pair of wings fixed to opposite ends of said rod.
STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST
The invention described herein may be manufactured and used by or for the Government of the United States of America for governmental purposes without the payment of any royalties thereon or therefore.
US Referenced Citations (1)
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4523728 |
Frazer |
Jun 1985 |
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