Protective means for fast-moving objects
US5852254A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 22, 1996 |
| Grant date | Dec 22, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 22, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF42B5/15
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Protective device for protection of rapidly moving objects such as aircraft or the like against homing heads that react to radiation, in particular infrared radiation, emitted by the aircraft, and that have a destructive charge. The protective device has at least one dispenser arranged on the object to be protected, and at least one effective body (flare), such as a spot flare or the like, that can be launched therefrom. The effective body has at least one decoy charge that can be at least partially ignited at a distance from the object and which, upon decomposition, temporarily forms an apparent target body that spectrally simulates, in a way relevant to the homing head, the target signature of the object to be protected. The effective body (flare) has at least one mooring line that unfolds from a dispenser upon launching of the effective body (flare) and that can be connected with the dispenser at one free end, whose end facing away from its free end is essentially permanently connected to the effective body (flare).
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