Variable target transition detection capability and method therefor
US6378435B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 3, 1995 |
| Grant date | Apr 30, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 3, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF42C13/04
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A projectile fuze detects transitions between target layers by an electronic antenna radiating laterally into the target material and coupled to a pullable oscillator whose frequency shifts as the target material changes while the projectile penetrates. A frequency shift threshold detector relates the observed frequency shifts to a stored target profile to detonate the projectile after the desired layer penetration.
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