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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7131366 | Actuator assembly A trigger actuator having a substantially unitary structure with a measuring device mounted thereon to detect the application of force to the trigger. In response, the measuring device generates a trigger signal. A compensating system detects additional or undesirab... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7110101 | Method and device for determining an angular error and use of the device A method and a device are disclosed for establishing actual changes and intended changes of the spatial angle of a main axis (e) of a sensor or effector attached to a receiver (4.1). The receiver (4.1) is directly rotatable around the first axis of rot... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6941851 | System for elevation and directional angle aiming of a weapon An elevation and traverse laying system for a weapon comprising a first traverse positioning element to position the weapon in traverse along a large angular range with respect to a first axis of rotation in traverse, having a first positioning element in elevation ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6769347 | Dual elevation weapon station and method of use A self-contained gimbaled weapon system (GWS) has a shared azimuth axis and two independent elevation axes for a sighting device and a weapon cradle. The GWS allows the weapon cradle to be elevated completely independent of the sighting device. The GWS can be stabil... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6497171 | Method for correcting dynamic gun errors The invention relates to a method and a device for the correction of dynamic gun errors. Dynamic gun errors are caused by the movement of a gun tube muzzle area (3) of a gun (1) in the course of continuous firing. To correct these errors, a measurement of... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6202535 | Device capable of determining the direction of a target in a defined frame of reference The invention concerns the field of focusing and aiming instruments and more particularly a device for determining the direction of a target in a predetermined index mark comprising a focusing element, a resetting device for resetting the focusing element... | 03/20/2001 |
| 5992292 | Fire control device for, in particular, transportable air defense systems A fire-control system for anti-aircraft defense systems, particularly mobile ones, having at least one launch apparatus for guided missiles that is pivotable in elevation and disposed on a platform that is pivotable in azimuth, has an optical target-track... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5949015 | Weapon control system having weapon stabilization A weapon control system is disclosed which includes system electronics providing control and drive electronics for the weapon control system, a weapon mount for supporting and firing a weapon in accordance with commands from the system electronics, a remo... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5481957 | Aiming and pointing system for ground based weapons equipment Azimuth and elevation information relating to ground based weapons equipment is inputted to a north finding system. The system determines angular azimuth and elevation errors and transmits signals to a display arrangement for indicating the direction to r... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5413028 | Weapon stabilization system A weapon stabilization system for an unbalanced gun tube pivotally mounted on a tank turret or other movable platform is disclosed. The system includes a muzzle position controller which accounts for flexion of the gun tube and which comprises a muzzle re... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5392688 | Trigger for a firing weapon A firing system integrated with a weapon for firing the weapon includes a referencing device for locating a target within a plane, a tripper for activating the referencing means, a calculator connected to the referencing means for calculating the virtual ... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5280744 | Method for aiming towed field artillery pieces Each towed field artillery piece in a battery of field artillery pieces uses a heading reference system having a "slave" azimuth gyro, pitch and roll angle sensors and a readout display for correcting azimuth and elevation during a fire mission. A master ... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5202695 | Orientation stabilization by software simulated stabilized platform The line of sight of an airborne radar antenna is stabilized from the pitch and roll motions of the aircraft by mounting the antenna on a three degree of freedom gimbal system. The gimbal system is comprised of a first gimbal mounted for rotation about th... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5187317 | Fire control system having laser telemetry adaptable for a mantlet sight This invention concerns a fire control system which is adaptable on a mantlet sight of a combat vehicle, and, in particular, is of the type that comprises a stabilized mirror 10, a rangefinder laser 13 and an electronic control unit. The fire control syst... | 02/16/1993 |
| 4924749 | Method and apparatus for stabilizing high-dynamics devices A method and apparatus for stabilizing relatively high-dynamics devices (e.g. a sight) mounted on a low-dynamics support such as a tank. Movement of the low-dynamics support is determined by means of an inertial central sensor block that may comprise a st... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4885977 | Stabilized line-of-sight aiming system for use with fire control systems A fire control system for gunnery weapons having a powered gun positioning ystem, a stabilized line-of-sight aiming system comprising: housing apparatus having a fixed orientation with respect to the gun boresight; stabilized electro-optical system apparat... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4662727 | Two-axis optical inertial system using a gyro rotor as a stable reference The present invention provides a two-axis optical inertial reference system wherein the rotor (12) of a gyro (10) is utilized as a stable reference. A surface (19) of the rotor is made reflective. Sighting on the reference is provided through a window (18... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4632012 | Fire control system for moving weapon carriers A fire control system for a mobile weapon carrier incorporates a strapdown sensor block that includes inertial sensors. The digital outputs of the sensor block are utilized for weapon and sight stabilization, fire control and navigation with the aid of a ... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4621266 | Device for stabilizing and aiming an antenna, more particularly on a ship The device, which can be used on merchant vessels having only a course reference, comprises on a base (18) a mounting having bearing orientation means and supporting a gyroscopic assembly with two degrees of freedom, whose outer cardan transmission (28) h... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4616127 | Fire control system for a vehicle or vessel In a fire control system for a vehicle or vessel a data processor (21) connected to the target tracking unit (7) determines, in a first coordinate system coupled to said unit (7), angular error data about a target position for aligning the tracking unit (... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4606256 | Sight system for a stabilized gun A tank gun sighting system in which there is a visual sight having a boresight mark permanently aligned with the gun and in which an electronic aiming mark is superimposed on the visual target scene. The aiming mark is controllable by the gunner with effe... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4570530 | Workpiece alignment system A video camera or similar scene observing device, mounted on a movable workpiece to be aligned with a target, views the scene that the workpiece is directed toward. A video viewing device is receptive of signals from the observing device for displaying a ... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4498038 | Stabilization system for soft-mounted platform A stabilizing system for isolating a load device from vibrations of a supporting structure includes a pivotal member and a spring isolator connecting the load device to the supporting structure. Servo controlled actuators are connected across the pivotal ... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4393597 | Stabilized sighting devices for vehicles A stabilized sighting device for use on a carrier comprises an outer unit mounted for rotation about a bearing axis which may be parallel to the yaw axis of the carrier. An intermediate unit is mounted for rotation on the outer unit about an elevation axi... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4265111 | Device for determining vertical direction An improved system for determining the vertical direction relative to a moving base includes gyroscopic rate sensors for determining angular velocities of a device such as a weapon mounted on the base, relative to two orthogonal axes; a gyroscopic rate se... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4166406 | Self-aligning pitch and azimuth reference unit A system for determining orientation or position of a movable supporting structure, such as a vehicle, includes a special inertial sensor unit. This unit includes a single gyroscope hereinafter referred to as a "gyro", with its spin axis mounted in alignm... | 09/04/1979 |
| 4012989 | Inertial free-sight system An inertial sighting system for slaving the axis of a craft mounted movable member such as an armament system, camera, spotlight or the like to the axis of a hand held sight including two sets of inertial sensors in the form of a pair of gyroscopes for ea... | 03/22/1977 |
