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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2012
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Dennis Yee, Mill Creek, WA (US);
Timothy L. Williams, Burien, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B 15/10 (2006.01); F42B 12/56 (2006.01); F41H 11/02 (2006.01); F41H 13/00 (2006.01); F41F 3/04 (2006.01); F42B 15/00 (2006.01); F42B 15/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B 12/56 (2013.01); F41H 11/02 (2013.01); F41H 13/0006 (2013.01); F41F 3/04 (2013.01); F42B 15/00 (2013.01); F42B 15/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods described herein provide for the protection of personnel within vehicles and structures from rocket-propelled grenades and other incoming threats. According to one aspect of the disclosure provided herein, a countermeasure system includes an interceptor vehicle configured to stow and launch an expandable countermeasure. The countermeasure may have a flexible body with attached deployment mechanisms that expand the flexible body into the path of an incoming threat to capture the threat.