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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. 17, 1983
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Roy L Nichols, 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 ...
F41G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
244-316 ;
Abstract
An active optical terminal homing system for providing target-centroid tring when integrated with conventional passive, semi-active and active air target seeker systems. The system combines an active optical scanning laser (ultra-violet thru far infrared) radar tracker with the apertures of passive, semi-active and active midcourse guidance assemblies in a missile.