Patent · US Expired

Time to intercept measuring apparatus

US3964695A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 10, 1974
Grant dateJun 22, 1976
Priority date—
Expiry dateOct 10, 1994

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF42C13/023
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus mounted in an intercept or seeker missile for computing during the flight of the intercept missile toward a target, such as another or target missile, a continuous estimate of the "time to go" to the point of closest approach of the intercept missile to the target and producing a control signal which varies in accordance with the "time to go" and which may be used for such purposes as arming a warhead of the intercept missile, controlling the navigational system of the intercept missile, and the like.

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