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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:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tsafrir Ben-Ari, Shimshit, IL;
Assignee:
Rafael-Armament Development Authority Ltd., Haifa, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41G 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F41G 7/00 ;
Abstract
A method for operating a short range, air-to-air missile carried by an aircraft flown by a pilot. The missile includes a seeker operative to track a target. The method comprises providing a first indication to the pilot when the seeker is tracking a target, providing a second indication to the pilot when a rate of angular motion of the seeker falls below a given value for a predefined period.