Invention Application
- Patent Title: Accuracy fuze for airburst cargo delivery projectiles
- Patent Title (中): 用于爆炸货物运输弹丸的准确引信
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Application No.: US10368112Application Date: 2003-02-18
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Publication No.: US20040159261A1Publication Date: 2004-08-19
- Inventor: Michael F. Steele
- Main IPC: F42B012/02
- IPC: F42B012/02

Abstract:
In one aspect, an artillery projectile apparatus is provided that includes a carrier projectile containing a payload, and a fuze disposed at an ogive of the projectile and which is configured to eject the payload when the fuze is detonated. The fuze includes a receiver configured to receive location information from a radionavigation source and a processor configured to acquire position data from the receiver. The processor is also configured to estimate a projectile flight path using the position data, to determine intercept parameters of the artillery projectile relative to an ejection plane of its payload cargo, and to adjust an ejection event initiation command time of the payload in accordance with the determined intercept parameters. In some configurations, the present invention dramatically decreases range errors typically associated with delivering artillery payloads to specific targets.
Public/Granted literature
- US07121210B2 Accuracy fuze for airburst cargo delivery projectiles Public/Granted day:2006-10-17
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