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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2019
Applicant:
Thales Holdings Uk Plc, Reading, GB;
Inventors:
Laurence Turner, Reading, GB;
John Morris, Belfast, IE;
Patrick Mallon, Belfast, IE;
Christopher Wilson, Belfast, IE;
Ronald Fleming, Belfast, IE;
Assignee:
Thales Holdings UK Plc, Reading, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42C 15/00 (2006.01); F42C 11/06 (2006.01); F42C 15/40 (2006.01); F42C 15/196 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F42C 15/196 (2013.01); F42C 11/06 (2013.01); F42C 15/005 (2013.01); F42C 15/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
A safety and arming device for a munition is operable to arm and initiate a munition dependent on determining separation from a munition platform, determining detection of free fall of the device for a first time period following separation, initiating a roll manoeuvre of the munition and determining detection of the execution of the roll manoeuvre within a second time period, and generating a munition firing signal, dependent on detection of all of separation, free fall, and the roll manoeuvre.