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Flyby warhead triggering
Assignee: LITHIBAR MATIK Inc A NV Corp
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Filing: 1981-11-30
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Granted: 1983-10-18
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Expires: 2001-11-30
Abstract
Abstract A triggering system that provides for fusing a self-forging warhead or ot warhead to fire down on a target as the vehicle carrying the warhead flys horizontal by just over the top of the target. The triggering method uses an active optical system (transmitter-receiver) on board the vehicle which establishes a triggering window in space just below the vehicle. A triggering or detonating signal is developed when a target enters the window.
Inventors
- 👤 Richard W. Currie
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 20:20
CPC Classifications
F; F42; F42C; F42C13/00; F42C13/02; F42C13/023
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
107 words
A triggering system comprising; transmitting means for transmitting electromagnetic radiation, receiving means disposed to provide a directional field of view for receiving directional reflected radiation of said electromagnetic radiation and for providing an output trigger signal in response to said received, reflected radiation, a movable vehicle, said transmitting means and said receiving means being mounted on said vehicle, said transmitting means being disposed for directing said electromagnetic radiation external of said vehicle into the field of view of said receiving means for establishing a triggering window in close proximity to the surface of said vehicle where the field of view and the transmitted electromagnetic radiation are coincident.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
107 words
A triggering system comprising; transmitting means for transmitting electromagnetic radiation, receiving means disposed to provide a directional field of view for receiving directional reflected radiation of said electromagnetic radiation and for providing an output trigger signal in response to said received, reflected radiation, a movable vehicle, said transmitting means and said receiving means being mounted on said vehicle, said transmitting means being disposed for directing said electromagnetic radiation external of said vehicle into the field of view of said receiving means for establishing a triggering window in close proximity to the surface of said vehicle where the field of view and the transmitted electromagnetic radiation are coincident.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
35 words
A triggering system as set forth in claim 1 wherein said transmitting means is mounted on the rear portion of said vehicle and said receiving means is mounted on the front portion of said vehicle.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
A triggering system as set forth in claim 2 wherein said electromagnetic radiation is optical pulses and said vehicle is a missile.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
79 words
In a missile system wherein a missile is launched and directed toward a target, a flyby triggering method for activating or detonating a warhead, and comprising the steps of: directing said missile to fly by the target in close proximity thereto, and establishing an electromagnetic radiation window external of and adjacent to the surface of said missile prior to flyby for initiating a war head trigger signal in said missile in response to reflected radiation detected in said window.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
79 words
In a missile system wherein a missile is launched and directed toward a target, a flyby triggering method for activating or detonating a warhead, and comprising the steps of: directing said missile to fly by the target in close proximity thereto, and establishing an electromagnetic radiation window external of and adjacent to the surface of said missile prior to flyby for initiating a war head trigger signal in said missile in response to reflected radiation detected in said window.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
78 words
In a missile system a flyby triggering method as set forth in claim 4 and further comprising the steps of: transmitting an optical beam of electromagnetic radiation from the rear of said missile external of said missile and near the surface thereof, pointing an optical receiver mounted in the nose of said missile rearward and external of said missile for directing a field of view of said receiver to intersect said optical beam for thereby establishing said window.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
43 words
In a missile system a flyby triggering method as set forth in claim 5 and further comprising the step of detecting reflected radiation when a target surface is coincident with a portion of the region of said window for initiating said trigger signal.
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