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 date | Jan 24, 1989 |
| Grant date | May 29, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 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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