Patent · US Expired

Projectile ignition device

US4799427A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Messerschmitt Bolkow Blohm GmbH · DE

Inventors

Manfred Held · Hamburg, DE
Horst Kirsche · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 4, 1988
Grant date	Jan 24, 1989
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 4, 2008

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF42C11/06
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An ignition device for a projectile, in particular a guided missile, where the ignition moment is controllable as a function of the impingement delay and of the flight time of the projectile. This allows compensation for the type of material comprising the taget, e.g., hard or soft, and for the amount of time the projectile has been airborne, thus compensating for reduced projectile velocity at the time of striking the target.

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