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Method and system for transmitting a command to start up a device on board a missile

US4928570A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 24, 1989
Grant dateMay 29, 1990
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Expiry dateJan 24, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF42C17/04
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention pertains to a system and method for transmitting temporal data relating to the starting of a device placed in a missile launched from a carrier system. The command to fire the missile is transmitted to the missile from the carrier system by means of a firing control wire. The method consists in using the control wire to also transmit the temporal data to the device specifying when to start up the device after the missile has been launched.

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