William H Garner

US Patent:

43810900, Apr 26, 1983

Filed:

Nov 27, 1967

Appl. No.:

4/687924

Inventors:

William G. Garner - Grant AL

Assignee:

The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army - Washington DC

International Classification:

F41G 722
F42B 1502

US Classification:

244 316

Abstract:

A missile control and guidance system employing a combination of generally ertically disposed ailerons and generally horizontally disposed elevators. In order to make a horizontal turn, a combination of aileron and elevator deflections is used, to cause the missile to make a "blanked" turn. The ailerons and elevators are controlled by servos activated by a logic circuit. The logic circuit is connected to a segmented target detector. The missile will maneuver depending on which of the segments of the detector "sees" a target.