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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2004
Applicants:
Michael A. Johnson, Chaska, MN (US);
Kenneth Ceola, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Inventors:
Michael A. Johnson, Chaska, MN (US);
Kenneth Ceola, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Assignee:
Alliant Techsystems Inc., Edina, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42C 15/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A safety and arming apparatus for arming a fuze of a smart weapon comprise a release sensor and a verification maneuver sensor in cooperative electronic communication with each other, such that when the release sensor senses that the weapon has been released and the verification maneuver sensor detects a predetermined verification maneuver of the weapon in flight, the fuze is armed.