Vector resolver

Claim 2

A VECTOR RESOLVER FOR DETERMINING THE COMPONENTS OF A VECTOR IN A NON-ORTHOGONAL COORDINATE SYSTEM COMPRISING; MEANS TO GENERATE A SIGNAL ANALOG REPRESENTATIVE TO THE VECTOR; MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE VECTOR ANALOG TO GENERATE A NUMBER OF SIGNAL ANALOGS OF THE PROJECTION OF THE VECTOR ONTO EACH OF THE AXES OF THE NON-ORTHOGONAL COORDINATE SYSTEM; SEPARATE SUBTRACTING MEANS CONNECTED TO THE PROJECTION SIGNAL GENERATING MEANS FOR EACH PROJECTION; SEPARATE OUTPUT MEANS CONNECTED TO EACH SUBTRACTING MEANS; MEANS CONNECTED TO THE OUTPUT MEANS TO GENERATE THE SUM OF THE ABSOLUTE VALUES OF THE OUTPUT SIGNALS; AND MEANS CONNECTING THE OUTPUT OF THE SUMMING MEANS TO EACH OF THE SUBTRACTING MEANS.

Claim 3

IN A THRUST VECTORING CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A ROCKET MOTOR HAVING A PLURALITY OF DEFLECTION MEANS DISPOSED AT EQUAL DISTANCES AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE ROCKET MOTOR, FORMING THEREBY A NON-ORTHOGONAL COORDINATE SYSTEM HAVING ITS ORIGIN ON THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE MOTOR AND ITS COORDINATE AXES PASSING THROUGH EACH DEFLECTION MEANS, A SYSTEM TO CONTROL THE DEFLECTION MEANS WHICH COMPRISES: MEANS TO GENERATE A VECTOR ERROR SIGNAL; MEANS TO RESOLVE THE ERROR SIGNAL INTO COMPONENTS ALONG EACH OF THE NON-ORTHOGONAL COORDINATE AXES; AND MEANS TO ACTUATE EACH DEFLECTION MEANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMPONENT OF THE ERROR SIGNAL ALONG ITS RESPECTIVE NON-ORTHOGONAL AXIS; MEANS CONNECTED TO THE VECTOR GENERATING MEANS TO PROVIDE A NUMBER OF SIGNAL ANALOGS OF EROR SIGNAL VECTOR PROJECTION ONTO EACH NON-ORTHOGONAL COORDINATE AXES; A PLURALITY OF CHANNELS EQUAL IN NUMBER TO THE NUMBER OF NON-ORTHOGONAL COORDINATE AXES, EACH CONNECTED TO RECEIVE AND PROCESS ONE OF THE PROJECTION SIGNAL ANALOGS; EACH CHANNEL INCLUDING A SUBTRACTING MEANS; DEFLECTION CONTROL MEANS CONNECTED TO THE OUTPUT OF THE SUBTRACTING MEANS; MEANS CONNECTED TO THE CONTROL MEANS TO MONITOR THE CONTROL SIGNAL PROVIDED THERETO; MEANS CONNECTED TO THE MONITORING MEANS TO GENERATE THE SUM OF THE ABSOLUTE VALUES OF THE CONTROL SIGNALS, AND MEANS TO PROVIDE THE ABSOLUTE VALUE SUMMATION AS ONE INPUT OF EACH SUBTRACTING MEANS, A SECOND BEING PROVIDED BY THE RESPECTIVE PROJECTION SIGNAL ANALOGS.

Claim 4

IN A THRUST VECTORING CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A ROCKET MOTOR HAVING A PLURALITY OF DEFLECTION MEANS DISPOSED AT EQUAL DISTANCES AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE ROCKET MOTOR, FORMING THEREBY A NON-ORTHOGONAL COORDINATE SYSTEM HAVING ITS ORIGIN ON THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE MOTOR AND ITS COORDINATE AXES PASSING THROUGH EACH DEFLECTION MEANS, A SYSTEM TO CONTROL THE DEFLECTION MEANS WHICH COMPRISES: MEANS TO GENERATE A VECTOR ERROR SIGNAL; MEANS TO RESOLVE THE ERROR SIGNAL INTO COMPONENTS ALONG EACH OF THE NON-ORTHOGONAL COORDINATE AXES; AND MEANS TO ACTUATE EACH DEFLECTION MEANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMPONENT OF THE ERROR SIGNAL ALONG ITS RESPECTIVE NON-ORTHOGONAL AXIS; MEANS CONNECTED TO THE VECTOR GENERATING MEANS TO PROVIDE A NUMBER OF SIGNAL ANALOGS OF EROR SIGNAL VECTOR PROJECTION ONTO EACH NON-ORTHOGONAL COORDINATE AXES; A PLURALITY OF CHANNELS EQUAL IN NUMBER TO THE NUMBER OF NON-ORTHOGONAL COORDINATE AXES, EACH CONNECTED TO RECEIVE AND PROCESS ONE OF THE PROJECTION SIGNAL ANALOGS; EACH CHANNEL INCLUDING A SUBTRACTING MEANS; DEFLECTION CONTROL MEANS CONNECTED TO THE OUTPUT OF THE SUBTRACTING MEANS; MEANS CONNECTED TO THE CONTROL MEANS TO MONITOR THE CONTROL SIGNAL PROVIDED THERETO; MEANS CONNECTED TO THE MONITORING MEANS TO GENERATE THE SUM OF THE ABSOLUTE VALUES OF THE CONTROL SIGNALS, AND MEANS TO PROVIDE THE ABSOLUTE VALUE SUMMATION AS ONE INPUT OF EACH SUBTRACTING MEANS, A SECOND BEING PROVIDED BY THE RESPECTIVE PROJECTION SIGNAL ANALOGS.