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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:
Oct. 25, 1983
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
John E Shrader, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Alan B Zimmerschied, Renton, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
102216 ;
Abstract
An optical impact fuze employing a transparent nose of a target seeking missile as a light transmission medium which deforms upon impact to reduce optical transmission and initiate a fuzing signal. Alternatively, one or more optically transmissive filaments can be positioned at or near a predetermined target impact point on a vehicle so that a fuzing signal is initiated upon the detection of an abrupt decrease in light transmitted by the filament resulting from target contact.