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Thrust vectoring mechanism

  • US 6,382,559 B1
  • Filed: 01/11/2000
  • Issued: 05/07/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/13/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A combination, comprising:

  • an aircraft defining an outlet to discharge a working fluid; and

    a thrust vectoring mechanism including a rod extending along a rotational axis, one or more actuators operable to rotate said rod about said rotational axis, and four or more vanes pivotably coupled across said outlet to vector thrust produced with the working fluid, said vanes each having a respective one of a number of pivot axes, said pivot axes each crossing said rotational axis at a different point therealong, said vanes being responsive to rotation of said rod about said rotational axis to pivot together in a first rotational direction.

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