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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7430964 | Safe and arm device and method of using the same A safe and arm device and method for a fuze in a bomb utilizing a piston and a drive shaft to rotate a rotor in and out of the safe and armed positions. The piston is operated by a difference in air pressure within the fuze as the bomb leaves its delivery vehicle. | 10/07/2008 |
| 7320285 | Safe and arm device and method of using the same A safe and arm device and method for a fuze in a bomb utilizing a piston and a drive shaft to rotate a rotor in and out of the safe and armed positions. The piston is operated by a difference in air pressure within the fuze as the bomb leaves its delivery vehicle. | 01/22/2008 |
| 7055436 | Shell fuse A shell fuse has a target acquisition sensor, such as an impact sensor, and a firing train in which a firing device carrier is movable from a safe position into an armed position. Overflight safety all the way to the target is afforded in a simple manner. There is p... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6920826 | Energy supply device having a shaft rotatably supported on a polytetrafluroethylene bearing surface An energy supply device for a mortar fuse includes a housing, a driven rotary shaft including a cylindrical shaft surface rotatably disposed in a stationary cylindrical bearing surface in the housing, and a fan connected to the shaft for rotating the shaft in a sing... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6845714 | On-board power generation system for a guided projectile On-Board Power Generation System for a Guided Projectile eliminates the need for batteries as a power source to power the guiding mechanism residing inside the projectile. Instead, an electrical generator and a wind-driven turbine to drive the generator are utilized... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6564716 | Fuzes having centrifugal arming lock for a munition A fuze for a munition adapted to prevent unintended arming thereof. The fuze incorporates an arming screw having a keyed portion and a centrifugal locking mechanism for preventing rotation of the arming screw unless the fuze mechanism is in a rapidly spin... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6481354 | Mortar fuse with a rotatable fan A mortar fuse includes a fan wheel rotated in response to motion of the mortar fuse after the mortar has been launched. The fan wheel rotates a helix on which an activation wheel is mounted. The activation wheel moves in a path along the axis of the helix... | 11/19/2002 |
| 5115742 | Integrated and mechanically aided warhead arming device An integrated and mechanically aided warhead afterbody arming device for siles using mechanical rotation of the missile to arm the warhead is disclosed. A self-contained electrical generation system provides electrical power for the proper arming of the ... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5067410 | Flexible wing A flexible wing which is connected to a submunition provides a substantia vertical descent and provides torque which power submunition electronics. The flexible wing is deployed in a low drag configuration to avoid collision with other submunitions. The ... | 11/26/1991 |
| 4969396 | Arming arrangement with rotatable airfoils An arming arrangement with rotatable airfoils or blades of a propeller constituting the deliverants for an arming criterium. The blades of the driving propeller for a drone, have the rotational movement thereof determined from the tail end of the drone to... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4679503 | Detonator securing device A detonator securing device for the combat charge of a projectile, including a detonator locking slide, and an impeller-generator movable along a slider guide transverse of the longitudinal axis of a projectile to a position outwardly of the wall thereof,... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4478127 | Bomb saddle interface module The invention relates to an electrical mechanical interfacing device for e and arm fuze systems of different stores such that a variable electrical and mechanical connecting capability is provided for different aircraft requirements.... | 10/23/1984 |
