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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2000
Jonathan R. Ross, Waldorf, MD (US);
Conan R. Schultz, New Carrollton, MD (US);
Michael K Oetjen, Alexandria, VA (US);
Jonathan R. Ross, Waldorf, MD (US);
Conan R. Schultz, New Carrollton, MD (US);
Michael K Oetjen, Alexandria, VA (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
The present invention comprises a device which is inert and 'thermally-equivalent' to actual ordnance. The device can travel with live ordnance and track the propellant temperatures in order to get a more precise propellant temperature for the ordnance. The device comprises a thermally equivalent inert grain instrumented with thermocouples, connected to a data recorder, and packaged in scaled-down ordnance hardware. The hardware is scaled down to enable the device to more easily travel with live munitions.