Bomb fuze event instrumentation

US7219589B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• Mark W. Gibson · Saint Peters, US
• Robert L. Grant · San Francisco, US
• Jill Powers · Glen Carbon, US
• Donald G. Gerard · Holden, US
• Joseph J. Molinari · Florissant, US
• Gary F. Throm · Chesterfield, US
• Tom Dellamano · Collinsville, US
• Fred Gunther Filsinger · Saint Peters, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 30, 2004
• Grant date: May 22, 2007
• Expiry date: Apr 21, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F42C13/04
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An assembly for indicating when a transient electronic event has occurred on a mobile platform is provided. The assembly includes a housing and a flash-producing device that communicates with the mobile platform and produces a flash approximately when the event occurs. The housing couples to the body of the mobile platform and contains the flash-producing device in such a manner that the flash is observable. Preferentially, the assembly also includes a faceplate that couples to the housing and maintains an aerodynamic profile associated with a surface of the body when the assembly is coupled to the mobile platform. In another preferred embodiment, the assembly is adapted for use with an inert JDAM weapon and the event is the fuze command of the weapon.