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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1984
Edward V LaBudde, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Robert L Kay, Calabasas, CA (US);
ISC Technologies, Inc., Lancaster, PA (US);
Abstract
A bomblet within a cluster bomb is provided with an individually programmable detonation time delay, such that the bomblet can be programmed to detonate at a desired time after it has been dropped. Program signals are transmitted to the bomblet from a wire that runs through an opening in the bomblet, but is not mechanically attached to the bomblet. the bomblet has a secondary transformer winding to receive signals from the transmission wire, and is provided with a unique address code such that it responds to a timing program signal only when the signal is preceded by an appropriate address code. A series of timing program signals can be transmitted to a plurality of bomblets, with the bomblet addresses adjusted after each program signal so that only one bomblet (or more, if desired) responds to each successive program signal.