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Aiming drive

US6571678B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 26, 2000
Grant dateJun 3, 2003
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Expiry dateDec 30, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF41A27/28
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An aiming drive (10), in particular for rapidly lining up the forked pivotal holder (10) of a launch receptacle (12) for fragmentation grenades defending against an attacking missile is to be designed, with precise simultaneous azimuth and elevation adjustment for particularly high level of dynamics of its aiming procedure in spite of a high weight of the launch receptacle (12) which is provided with the fragmentation grenades. For that purpose the setting motors (13,14) are disposed stationarily in a support structure (15) which is fixed with respect to the object, away from the pivotal holder (19) and protected from the effect of fragments, from which support structure they are rotatable connected to a carrier ring (18) for the pivotal holder (19). The carrier ring (18) is supported rotatably in the support structure (15). The elevation setting motor (13) which is also stationarily fitted into the support structure (15) coaxially with respect to the azimuthal axis (17) is provided with a translatorily acting drive output (23) which determines the elevation of the launch receptacle (12) by way of a support rod or bar (22) which extends substantially concentrically with respect to …

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