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US3269312A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Aerial vehicles

Assignee: BAC AND BRITISH AEROSPACE
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Filing: 1963-07-03
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Granted: 1966-08-30
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Expires: 1983-07-03
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Fenton George Herber Alexander

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 04:06
CPC Classifications
F; F42; F42B; F42B15/00; F42B15/36

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 194 words
AN AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE VEHICLE COMPRISING A FIRST CYLINDRICAL ROCKET MISSILE HAVING A REAR PORTION INCLUDING A PROPULSION MEANS AT ITS REAR END, SAID PROPULSION MEANS LYING WITHIN THE CIRCULAR PERIPHERY OF THE MISSILE, AND A HOLLOW FRONT PORTION CONTAINING A SECOND ROCKET MISSILE WHICH IS DISPOSED WITH ITS NOSE POINTING TOWARDS THE REAR END OF THE FIRST MISSILE AND WHICH HAS A PROPULSION NOZZLE AT ITS REAR END; MEANS FOR SEPARATING THE REAR PART OF THE FIRST MISSILE FROM THE FRONT PART CONTAINING THE SECOND MISSILE; FIN MEANS ON THE REAR PORTION OF THE FIRST MISSILE FOR STRABLIZING THE FIRST MISSILE IN A SPINNING CONDITION; FURTHER FIN MEANS ON THE FRONT PORTION OF THE FIRST MISSILE FOR STABLIZING THE SAID FRONT PORTION IN A SPINNING CONDITION AFTER SEPARATION OF THE SAID REAR PORTION FROM THE SAID FRONT PORTION; A CAMERA MOUNTED IN THE FRONT OF THE SECOND MISSILE WITH ITS LENS POINTING LATERALLY AND SOMEWHAT TOWARDS THE FRONT END OF THE FIRST MISSILE; WINDOW MEANS IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA, AND GYRO-OPERATED MEANS FOR OPERATING THE CAMERA EACH TIME THE CAMERA LENS POINTS DOWNWARDS DURING THE DESCENT OF THE COMBINED FIRST AND SECOND MISSILES.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 194 words
AN AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE VEHICLE COMPRISING A FIRST CYLINDRICAL ROCKET MISSILE HAVING A REAR PORTION INCLUDING A PROPULSION MEANS AT ITS REAR END, SAID PROPULSION MEANS LYING WITHIN THE CIRCULAR PERIPHERY OF THE MISSILE, AND A HOLLOW FRONT PORTION CONTAINING A SECOND ROCKET MISSILE WHICH IS DISPOSED WITH ITS NOSE POINTING TOWARDS THE REAR END OF THE FIRST MISSILE AND WHICH HAS A PROPULSION NOZZLE AT ITS REAR END; MEANS FOR SEPARATING THE REAR PART OF THE FIRST MISSILE FROM THE FRONT PART CONTAINING THE SECOND MISSILE; FIN MEANS ON THE REAR PORTION OF THE FIRST MISSILE FOR STRABLIZING THE FIRST MISSILE IN A SPINNING CONDITION; FURTHER FIN MEANS ON THE FRONT PORTION OF THE FIRST MISSILE FOR STABLIZING THE SAID FRONT PORTION IN A SPINNING CONDITION AFTER SEPARATION OF THE SAID REAR PORTION FROM THE SAID FRONT PORTION; A CAMERA MOUNTED IN THE FRONT OF THE SECOND MISSILE WITH ITS LENS POINTING LATERALLY AND SOMEWHAT TOWARDS THE FRONT END OF THE FIRST MISSILE; WINDOW MEANS IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA, AND GYRO-OPERATED MEANS FOR OPERATING THE CAMERA EACH TIME THE CAMERA LENS POINTS DOWNWARDS DURING THE DESCENT OF THE COMBINED FIRST AND SECOND MISSILES.

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