Ordnance – Waging war
Reexamination Certificate
2005-10-28
2009-06-02
Dinh, Tien (Department: 3644)
Ordnance
Waging war
C244S003160, C342S014000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07540226
ABSTRACT:
A thermal radiation-generating decoy mounted adjacent an aircraft engine structure, such as an engine nacelle, includes a heat source inside of an aerodynamic enclosure with a mounting interface to attach the enclosure to the engine structure. The decoy can further be located at the lower extreme of and adjacent the forward-most portion of the engine nacelle in order to attract an infrared-seeking threat to the vicinity of the fan containment portion of the engine nacelle. The decoy can be designed to have a thermal signature that mimics a scaled overall aircraft thermal signature. In addition, the decoy can include a fuse shield adjacent the enclosure to detonate a threat in the case that the threat approach trajectory is imprecise and the threat bypasses the enclosure within an aspect of the fuse shield as viewed from the approach direction of the threat.
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Childress Jamie J.
Marques Edward C.
Dinh Tien
The Boeing Company
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