MUMBAI, India, March 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517121203 A) filed by Leonardo Spa, Roma, Italy, on Dec. 3, 2025, for 'tail assembly for a guided and fin-stabilized projectile.'
Inventor(s) include Pellegri, Mauro; Cuccolini, Andrea; Leonardi, Ugo; and Bersano, Gianluca.
The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The tail assembly (10) comprises a fixed part (12) to be connected to the back of a main body (2) of a projectile (1), and defining a longitudinal axis (X-X). There is a movable part (14) equipped with a plurality of stabilizing fins (16) and mounted to the back of the fixed part (12), freely rotatable relative thereto about the longitudinal axis (X-X). The movable part (14) is axially movable relative to the fixed part (12) between : an abutment condition, wherein the fixed part (12) and the movable part (14) are in axial abutment with each other; and a spaced-apart condition, wherein the fixed part (12) and the movable part (14) are axially spaced apart, thus defining a perimetral gap (G) in between. There is also an elastic group (18) tending to retain the movable part (12) in the spaced-apart condition."
The patent application was internationally filed on May 06, 2024, under International application No.PCT/IB2024/054373.
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