Programming circuit for individual bomblets in a cluster bomb
US4799429A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 30, 1984 |
| Grant date | Jan 24, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 30, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF42C17/04
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A bomblet within a cluster bomb is provided with an individually programmable detonation time delay, such that the bomblet can be programmed to detonate at a desired time after it has been dropped. Program signals are transmitted to the bomblet from a wire that runs through an opening in the bomblet, but is not mechanically attached to the bomblet. the bomblet has a secondary transformer winding to receive signals from the transmission wire, and is provided with a unique address code such that it responds to a timing program signal only when the signal is preceded by an appropriate address code. A series of timing program signals can be transmitted to a plurality of bomblets, with the bomblet addresses adjusted after each program signal so that only one bomblet (or more, if desired) responds to each successive program signal.
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