Weapon arming system and method

Details Weapon arming system and method Weapon arming system and method

2007-07-10

2007-07-10

Clement, Michelle (Department: 3641)

Ammunition and explosives

Igniting devices and systems

Arming devices

C102S215000, C102S262000

Reexamination Certificate

active

11389766

ABSTRACT:
An arming system for a weapon, such as a missile, includes a pair of logic elements that output different types of signals upon the occurrence of different pre-arming events. The different types of signals may be, for instance, signals at different frequencies. The different signals are combined in a mixer. The mixed combined signal may be processed by passing it though elements such as a band pass filter and/or a pulse-width modulator/controller. An arming switch is configured to initiate arming when a predetermined condition in the combined signal is detected, such as the presence of a frequency in the combined signal at the difference between the frequencies of the individual signals from the logic elements. By basing arming on characteristics of a mixed combined signal from two logical elements, there are no credible single-point failure modes in the arming system.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5063846 (1991-11-01), Willis et al.
patent: 5251548 (1993-10-01), Spence

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