Patents by Inventor Tooru Nakano

Tooru Nakano has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4913379
    Abstract: To quickly change rocket flight direction immediately after a rocket has been launched without increasing the wing area, the rocket flight direction control system comprises four steering wings for controlling rocket flight directions; four deflectable nozzles for jetting combustion gas backward to generate rocket thrust; a controller for generating steering control signals; and at least one actuator for actuating the deflectable nozzles in response to the steering control signals in synchronism with steering motion of the steering wings. Further, when the deflectable nozzle is divided into two, fixed and movable, nozzles, the diameter of the outlet end of the fixed divergent nozzle of the overexpansion type nozzle in matched with that of the movable nozzle for prevention of gas leakage through a gap between the two nozzles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1990
    Assignees: Japan as represented by Director General, Technical Research and Development Institute, Japan Defence Agency, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naminosuke Kubota, Yutaka Yano, Yasumasa Takagi, Kazuyoshi Ninomiya, Nobuo Shimoguti, Mituhiko Terashima, Tooru Nakano, Hirohito Ohtsuka