Patent · US Expired

Signal transmitting steering cable including optical fiber with fluorescent dye

US5111524A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Rheinmetall GmbH · DE

Inventors

Bernd Schunk · Düsseldorf, DE
Reinfried Stolllewerk · Roetgen, DE
Gerhard Hubricht · Hagen, DE
Jorg Peters · Düsseldorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 26, 1991
Grant date	May 5, 1992
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 26, 2011

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF41G7/32
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A signal transmitting steering cable (4, 40, 40') for remotely-controlled flying bodies (1) which, once the flying body (1) has been launched, can be located and disposed of easily. For this purpose the surface layer (44, 46) of the steering cable (4) includes a material which is fluorescent when illuminated with light of a predetermined wavelength range. Preferably, a dye whose emission spectrum lies approximately between 530 and 690 nm is employed as the fluorescent material.

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