Patent · US Expired

Initiating sensor

US5018446A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Messerschmitt Bolkow Blohm GmbH · DE

Inventors

Richard Benedikter · Putzbrunn, DE
Gunther Sepp · Ottobrunn, DE
Wolfgang Knauer · Trostberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 9, 1990
Grant date	May 28, 1991
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 9, 2010

Classification

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

Abstract

An initiating sensor for a missile equipped with a directional warhead. For the timely detection of the target and to calculate the tripping time, two rings are provided on the circumference of the missile, each having a multitude of active laser rangefinders.

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