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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 1987
Filed:
Jan. 30, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Anthony P Antonuzzi, Stoneham, MA (US);
William E Hagel, Billerica, MA (US);
Donald M Lawson, Lexington, MA (US);
Richard S Herman, Clifton, NJ (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
310 78 ; 89-1812 ; 192 44 ; 192 451 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to lock mechanisms by which a missile or analogous tem may be prevented from undergoing an undesired launch or ignition. Specifically, the invention is a rotating lock mechanism which may be rotated in precise clockwise and counterclockwise steps by an electrical stepper motor or other source of precise rotation, in response to a predetermined sequence of electrical pulses.