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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:
Nov. 20, 1979
Filed:
Jan. 14, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stephen J Glenn, East Hanningfield, GB;
Assignee:
Elliott Brothers (London) Limited, Chelmsford, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41G / ; F41G / ; F41G / ; G01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
244-313 ; 244-316 ;
Abstract
A missile is guided onto a target by means of a laser beam, so that the missile can determine and correct its displacement from the boresight of the laser beam. This leads to greater accuracy of guidance, and avoids the need for very narrow beams which could be lost by the missile.