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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2009
Benjamin D. Skurdal, Bel Air, MD (US);
Jonathan B. Macneil, Plymouth, MA (US);
Thomas G. Sullivan, Marion, MA (US);
Randy L. Gaigler, Parkville, MD (US);
Leszek Stanislaw Basak, Nottingham, MD (US);
Benjamin D. Skurdal, Bel Air, MD (US);
Jonathan B. MacNeil, Plymouth, MA (US);
Thomas G. Sullivan, Marion, MA (US);
Randy L. Gaigler, Parkville, MD (US);
Leszek Stanislaw Basak, Nottingham, MD (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
The present invention enables the passive initiation of a deployment sequence for a countermeasure payload. The invention comprises an initiator coil that is positioned inside an electromagnetic countermeasure launcher. When the electromagnetic countermeasure launcher electromagnetically generates propulsive force to propel a payload to its deployment position, inductive coupling between one or more propulsion coils of the launcher and the initiator coil induces current to flow in the initiator coil, which thereby initiates the deployment sequence.