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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 1978
Filed:
Feb. 22, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen L Redmond, Ridgecrest, CA (US);
Steven E Fowler, Ridgecrest, CA (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
102 / ; 250199 ;
Abstract
An aircraft-to-weapon fuze communication link that transfers fuzing inforion between the aircraft and weapon via an optical data and power link in the absence of any physical connection. The information is transferred via an infrared light beam in digital format. Power to run the fuze receiver during the data transfer process is supplied from a high power light source.