Piezoid electrical gun trigger
    1.
    发明授权
    Piezoid electrical gun trigger 失效
    Piezoid电枪扳机

    公开(公告)号:US5901488A

    公开(公告)日:1999-05-11

    申请号:US1688

    申请日:1997-12-13

    IPC分类号: F41A19/62 F41A19/00

    CPC分类号: F41A19/62

    摘要: A method and apparatus for firing a firearm. A trigger is pulled which causes a hammer to rotate away from an electrical power source. After the hammer passes its maximum position, it is released by the trigger releases it, thereby causing the hammer to strike the electrical power source. The force from the hammer causes electrical energy to flow from the electrical power source to an electrically activated primer, thereby igniting the primer.

    摘要翻译: 一种射击枪支的方法和装置。 拉动扳机,使扳机远离电源旋转。 在锤子通过其最大位置之后,触发器释放它,从而使锤子撞击电源。 来自锤的力导致电能从电源流向电活化底漆,从而点燃底漆。

    Accurate ultra low power fuze electronics
    2.
    发明授权
    Accurate ultra low power fuze electronics 失效
    精准超低功耗引信电子

    公开(公告)号:US5942714A

    公开(公告)日:1999-08-24

    申请号:US2247

    申请日:1997-12-31

    IPC分类号: F42C9/14 F42C11/06

    CPC分类号: F42C11/065 F42C9/147

    摘要: An accurate, yet ultra low power fuse electronics is presented in which two methods are used to reduce power consumption in the fuze electronics. First, the fuze uses low power 3.3 volt logic chips ("LV" series or equivalent CMOS logic chips) along with switches that have low input capacitance and low quiescent current. Second, a circuit design is used which, while still accomplishing the objects of the invention, drastically reduces the number of electronic elements required. When a projectile is fired from a weapon, a fire control system transmits a signal to a data conditioner located on the projectile. The data conditioner demodulates and filters the signal, producing a burst time data word which is transmitted to a microcontroller. The data conditioner is comprised of passive components, therefore no supply power is required. The microcontroller decodes the data word and also uses the data word to correct any error in the high and low speed fuze oscillators. The microcontroller then converts the data word to a count down. At the end of count clown, the microcontroller transmits a signal to the detonator, thereby exploding the projectile. Power is supplied to the fuze electronics by a power conditioner's function which takes energy input from a fast rise piezoid and apportions it to the fuze electronics. The detonator utilizes a low power MOSFET or SCR switch and the power conditioner uses a low power CMOS DC/DC converter.

    摘要翻译: 提出了一种精确的超低功率熔断器电子器件,其中使用两种方法来降低引信电子设备中的功耗。 首先,引信使用低功耗3.3伏逻辑芯片(“LV”系列或等效CMOS逻辑芯片)以及具有低输入电容和低静态电流的开关。 其次,在仍然实现本发明的目的的情况下,使用电路设计,大大减少了所需的电子元件的数量。 当弹药从武器射出时,消防系统将信号发送到位于射弹上的数据调节器。 数据调理器对信号进行解调和滤波,产生发送到微控制器的突发时间数据字。 数据调节器由无源元件组成,因此不需要电源。 微控制器解码数据字,并且还使用数据字来校正高速和低速引信振荡器中的任何错误。 然后,微控制器将数据字转换为倒数。 在计数小丑结束时,微控制器向雷管发送信号,从而爆炸射弹。 通过功率调节器的功能将功率提供给引信电子设备,该功能从快速上升的压电体获得能量输入并将其分配给引信电子设备。 雷管使用低功率MOSFET或SCR开关,功率调节器使用低功率CMOS DC / DC转换器。

    Apparatus and method for calculating muzzle velocity
    3.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and method for calculating muzzle velocity 失效
    计算枪口速度的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US6064196A

    公开(公告)日:2000-05-16

    申请号:US1694

    申请日:1997-12-31

    IPC分类号: G01P3/66

    CPC分类号: G01P3/665

    摘要: Apparatus for measuring projectile muzzle velocity with an accuracy of .+-.0.1% is mounted in an easily portable muzzle attachment. It operates in the following manner. A washer shaped permanent magnet is positioned on a projectile body. A position sensor containing two inductive coils is located inside the muzzle. When the projectile is fired, the magnet mounted on the projectile passes through the inductive coils, inducing a voltage in each coil. Each voltage is amplified and then fed into hysteresis and zero crossing comparators corresponding to each inductive coil. The zero crossing comparator detects when the induced voltage crosses zero. The hysteresis comparator will gate out any noise induced zero crossings. The two zero crossings are used to start and stop a digital counter which generates a velocity count signal that corresponds to the velocity of the projectile. Further noise interference rejection is obtained by encasing the muzzle extension in a magnetic metal.

    摘要翻译: 以+/- 0.1%的精度测量弹丸枪口速度的装置安装在便于携带的枪口附件中。 它以以下方式运行。 垫圈形永磁体位于射弹体上。 包含两个感应线圈的位置传感器位于枪口内。 当射弹射击时,安装在弹丸上的磁体通过感应线圈,在每个线圈中产生一个电压。 每个电压被放大,然后被馈送到对应于每个感应线圈的滞后和过零比较器。 过零比较器检测感应电压何时超过零。 迟滞比较器会将任何噪声引起的过零点输出。 两个过零点用于启动和停止数字计数器,产生对应于弹丸速度的速度计数信号。 通过将枪口延伸部分包裹在磁性金属中可以获得进一步的噪声干扰抑制。

    Ultra low-power fast start precision RC oscillator
    4.
    发明授权
    Ultra low-power fast start precision RC oscillator 失效
    超低功耗快速启动精密RC振荡器

    公开(公告)号:US6005449A

    公开(公告)日:1999-12-21

    申请号:US001690

    申请日:1997-12-31

    IPC分类号: H03K3/011 H03K3/0231

    CPC分类号: H03K3/011 H03K3/0231

    摘要: An ultra-low power, fast start fuze oscillator contained in a fast moving projectile which contains a programmable projectile fuze. It is an RC oscillator which uses a low power comparator, three biasing resistors, a timing resistor and a timing capacitor to produce an output frequency as low as 8 kHz with a frequency error of less than .+-.0.1% over a -40.degree. C. to +60.degree. C. temperature range. At the same time, it is capable of surviving a high g environment (30,000 g to 60,000 g) in a reliable manner. Furthermore, the oscillator draws a very low amount of power, using a maximum of about 20 uA of current and has a start-up time limited to a maximum of 1.5 msec. An additional circuit can be connected to the positive supply voltage input of a lower current version of an RC oscillator to jump start the RC oscillator, thereby improving start-up time to 1.5 msec while reducing the current drain to 15 uA.

    摘要翻译: 一个超低功耗,快速启动引信振荡器包含在一个快速移动的射弹,其中包含一个可编程的射弹引信。 它是一个RC振荡器,它使用低功率比较器,三个偏置电阻器,定时电阻器和定时电容器,以产生低至8 kHz的输出频率,频率误差小于-40°C时的+/- 0.1% C.至+60℃温度范围。 同时,它能够以可靠的方式生存在高g环境(30,000 g至60,000 g)。 此外,振荡器使用最大约20uA的电流并且将启动时间限制在最大为1.5毫秒的范围内来获得非常低的功率量。 一个额外的电路可以连接到较低电流版本的RC振荡器的正电源电压输入,以跳转启动RC振荡器,从而将启动时间提高到1.5 ms,同时将电流消耗减少到15 uA。

    One-shot high-output piezoid power supply
    5.
    发明授权
    One-shot high-output piezoid power supply 有权
    一次性高输出压电电源

    公开(公告)号:US06198205B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-03-06

    申请号:US09376534

    申请日:1999-08-18

    IPC分类号: H01L4104

    CPC分类号: H02N2/181 F42C11/02

    摘要: A piezoid power supply used to supply power to the electronics located in a fast moving projectile which contains a programmable projectile fuze contains multiple layers of piezoid bulk material. By using multiple layers of piezoid bulk material, instead of just one layer, the capacitance of the piezoid is increased. As a result, less energy is lost when the piezoid energy is transferred to the fuze electronics. In addition, by applying a setback force to the piezoid of such magnitude that the piezoid operates in the nonlinear region, the energy output from the piezoid is increased even more. By both incorporating a multitude of very thin layers in a piezoceramic and over-stressing the piezoid into the depolarization region, an improvement of almost three orders of magnitude in energy generation from set-back force is realized when compared to operation in the linear region.

    摘要翻译: 用于向位于快速移动的射弹中的电子装置供电的压电电源包含可编程的射弹引信,其中包含多层压电体散装材料。 通过使用多层压电体块材料,而不是仅仅一层,增加了压电体的电容。 因此,当将压电能转移到引信电子器件时,能量损失较少。 另外,通过对压电体在非线性区域中工作的这种大小的压力施加回退力,从压电体输出的能量甚至更多地增加。 通过将多个非常薄的层结合在压电陶瓷中并将压电体过度压制到去极化区域中,与线性区域中的操作相比,实现了从回退力的能量产生几乎三个数量级的改善。

    Self-correcting inductive fuze setter
    6.
    发明授权
    Self-correcting inductive fuze setter 失效
    自校正感应引信机

    公开(公告)号:US5894102A

    公开(公告)日:1999-04-13

    申请号:US1693

    申请日:1997-12-31

    IPC分类号: F42C11/06 F42C17/04

    CPC分类号: F42C11/065 F42C17/04

    摘要: A self-correcting inductive fuze setter is used to detect and correct any errors that might occur during transmission and reception of a velocity corrected time data word so that a projectile will be detonated at the proper time. The self-correcting inductive fuze setter uses an error detection/correction algorithm to create an encoded data word from the velocity corrected time data word. Next, the encoded data word is used to digitally modulate a carrier signal, which is then transmitted from the muzzle of the weapon to the projectile. The received carrier signal is then demodulated by a demodulator/filter and decoded by a decoder located on the projectile producing the original velocity corrected time data word. In addition, the self-correcting inductive fuze setter will measure the error in both the high-speed fuze oscillator and the low-speed fuze oscillator located on the projectile and adjust the transmitted data word to account for these errors. Lastly, enhanced noise interference rejection is obtained by encasing the muzzle extension in a magnetic metal.

    摘要翻译: 自校正感应引信装置用于检测和纠正在速度校正时间数据字的发送和接收期间可能发生的任何错误,以便在适当的时间引爆射弹。 自校正感应引信设定器使用错误检测/校正算法从速度校正时间数据字中创建编码数据字。 接下来,编码数据字用于对载波信号进行数字调制,然后从武器的枪口发射到射弹。 接收到的载波信号然后由解调器/滤波器解调并由位于射弹上的解码器解码,产生原始速度校正时间数据字。 另外,自校正感应引信设定器将测量位于炮弹上的高速引信振荡器和低速引信振荡器的误差,并调整发送的数据字以解决这些误差。 最后,通过将枪口延伸部分包裹在磁性金属中来获得增强的噪声干扰抑制。