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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2004
Applicant:
Nicholas V. Perricone, Madison, CT (US);
Inventor:
Nicholas V. Perricone, Madison, CT (US);
Assignee:
Perriquest Defense Research Enterprises LLC, Meriden, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41H 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A countermeasure device for negating a guidance seeking system is provided. The countermeasure device includes a membrane defining an internal chamber, a gas disposed in the chamber, and an illuminating device. The illuminating device includes a light source producing energy sufficient to provide a decoy signature detectable by the guidance seeking system and a power supply coupled to the light source. In one embodiment the light source is a light emitting diode. In another embodiment, the light source is a laser diode.