Missile with swingable tracker

US6036140A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Buck Werke GmbH & Co. · DE

Inventors

• Norbert Tränapp · Piding, DE
• Michael Arnold · Bad Reichenhall, DE
• Matthias Grosse · Bad Endorf, DE
• Reinhardt Kruger · Teisendorf, DE
• Roland Gauggel · Salem, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 23, 1998
• Grant date: Mar 14, 2000
• Expiry date: Feb 23, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F42B15/01
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An unmanned cruise missile includes a swingable tracker having a homing head which detects targets using optical, infra-red, and/or radar wavelengths. The homing head is mounted on an internal two-axis cardanic roll-pitch tracking system which includes a cylinder mounted for rotation about a roll axis. The homing head is mounted on a pitch bearing which is rotatable relative to the cylinder about a pitch axis. The homing head is rotatable relative to the pitch bearing about a yaw axis. A mirror of the homing head has a recess formed therein to enable the homing head to swing a greater distance without abutting the cylinder.