Parachute active protection apparatus

Patent 6957602 Issued on October 25, 2005. Estimated Expiration Date:

October 22, 2024. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army

Application

No. 10904089 filed on 10/22/2004

US Classes:

89/1.11, WAGING WAR89/36.16, Anti-aircraft type102/502, Nonlethal or deterrent102/337, With parachute42/105, For launching grenades244/3.22, Fluid reaction type89/1.1MISCELLANEOUS

Examiners

Primary: Eldred, J. Woodrow

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Moran; John F.

International Class

B64D001/04

Abstract

An apparatus for protecting an object from an incoming munition includes a tracking apparatus mounted on the object, for tracking the incoming munition; a firing solution computer connected to the tracking apparatus; a plurality of launch tubes mounted on the object, the plurality of launch tubes pointing in different directions so as to maximize coverage of an area surrounding the object; a parachute container attached to each launch tube; an igniter disposed in a rear of each launch tube and connected to the firing solution computer; a propelling charge disposed in front of each igniter; a mass disposed in front of each propelling charge; a connecting ring attached to a front of each mass; a parachute disposed in the parachute container; and a cable connecting the connecting ring and the parachute.