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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1997
David P. Smith, Pacific Palisades, CA (US);
Jane M. Lin, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
TRW Inc., Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Abstract
There is provided a countermeasure defense system against hostile missiles by employing non-explosive intercepting (“NEI”) elements,deployed by the spin stabilized rocket,. The NEI are carried in a payload section,and contained by a sleeve assembly,which is removed by a drive mechanism,or a pyrotechnic device,after a countdown time delay programmed into the trigger release assembly,as controlled by the control unit,. The drive assembly includes a drive rod,that is releasably held by a release assembly,a compressed coiled spring unit,drives the sleeve assembly,forward exposing the payload section,to the centrifugal force of the spin stabilized rocket propelling the NEI elements out from the rocket at constant angular velocity creating an interceptor cloud of elements. In another embodiment the pyrotechnic device,detaches the shearable screws,that secure the payload section,from the rocket engine housing,thereby setting the sleeve,free from the rocket housing