ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,361, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to RAFAEL ADVANCED DEFENSE SYSTEMS LTD. (Haifa, Israel).
"Fin control actuation system" was invented by Alexander Vainshtein (Haifa, Israel) and Michael Shneider (Haifa, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mechanism for steering and maneuvering an airborne body comprised of at least one actuator comprising an electric motor having a first axis, and a gear transmission for transmitting power from the electric motor to an angular motion axis of a fin that has an angular motion around a second axis to steer the airborne body, and wherein the mechanism is characterized in that the gear transmissio...