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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2010
David W. Herbage, Jackson, TN (US);
Alan Phillips, Jackson, TN (US);
Everard Leifson, Jackson, TN (US);
Keven Thomas, Toone, TN (US);
David W. Herbage, Jackson, TN (US);
Alan Phillips, Jackson, TN (US);
Everard Leifson, Jackson, TN (US);
Keven Thomas, Toone, TN (US);
Kilgore Flares Company, LLC, Toone, TN (US);
Abstract
The present invention discloses a low foreign object damage nose weight for affixing to a either a standard or kinematic decoy flare comprising a thin walled nose cup having a closed end, an open end, an internal cavity, and at least one sidewall attached to said closed end and surrounding said internal cavity; and a metal powder disposed within the internal cavity for weighing down the forward end of the decoy flare, said nose cup capable of being affixed to a forward end of a decoy flare such that said powder is jettisoned from said nose cup upon burn out of a flare pellet subassembly of said decoy flare thereby reducing the weight of the nose cup and the possibility of foreign object damage to aircraft, ground troops, ground equipment and buildings resulting from the falling nose weight.