Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuze arming techniques for a submunition
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Application No.: US17413141Application Date: 2019-12-17
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Publication No.: US11619475B2Publication Date: 2023-04-04
- Inventor: Andrew Carr , Murray Thomson , Timothy Keith Girling , Martyn John Hucker
- Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Current Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: Finch & Maloney PLLC
- Priority: EP18275186 20181219,GB1820705 20181219,GB1912696 20190904,EP19275140 20191205,EP19275141 20191205,GB1917753 20191205,GB1917754 20191205
- International Application: PCT/GB2019/053579 WO 20191217
- International Announcement: WO2020/128451 WO 20200625
- Main IPC: F42C15/40
- IPC: F42C15/40 ; F42C11/00 ; F42B12/62 ; F42C13/06 ; F42C15/32 ; F42B12/20 ; F42B30/08 ; F42B21/00 ; F42C5/00 ; F42B12/36 ; F42C9/00 ; F42C13/08

Abstract:
According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a fuze arming system for a submunition, comprising: a first stage, arranged to detect launch of the submunition and its associated carrier; a second stage, arranged to detect expulsion of the submunition from the carrier, and to at least partially arm a submunition fuze based on such detection; wherein the second stage is unable to at least partially arm the submunition fuze without the first stage detecting launch of the submunition and its associated carrier.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220065604A1 FUZE ARMING TECHNIQUES FOR A SUBMUNITION Public/Granted day:2022-03-03
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