Composite stabilizer unit

Patent · Tue Oct 27 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:6796160

Ebaugh, L R; Sadler, C P; Carter, G D

This patent describes a fin stabilized projectile including multiple stabilizer fins upon a stabilizer unit, having a central body and peripherally located stabilizer fins, situated at the aft end of the projectile, the improvement wherein prefabricated multiple stabilizer fins are joined into the stabilizer unit by an injection molded engineering grade polymer, the central body of the stabilizer unit formed in the injection molding process and comprised of the engineering grade polymer, and the prefabricated multiple stabilizer fins are comprised of reinforced polymeric material.

• Assignee: Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
• Patent Number(s): US 5158509; A
• Application Number: PPN: US 7-627461
• OSTI ID: 6796160
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 14 Dec 1990
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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