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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 16, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Monty W. Bai, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Gerald James Moore, Mesa, AZ (US);
Ralph Eugene Foresman, Mesa, AZ (US);
Assignee:
General Dynamics Decision Systems, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 2/708 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 2/708 ;
Abstract
A projectile fuze detects transitions between target layers by an electronic antenna radiating laterally into the target material and coupled to a pullable oscillator whose frequency shifts as the target material changes while the projectile penetrates. A frequency shift threshold detector relates the observed frequency shifts to a stored target profile to detonate the projectile after the desired layer penetration.