Patents by Inventor Joseph L. Sebeny, Jr.

Joseph L. Sebeny, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5696347
    Abstract: A fuzing system adapted for use by a guided missile to generate a detonation signal for a warhead carried by the missile. The missile has a seeker/tracker to track, and direct the missile towards, a target. The seeker/tracker has: a seeker, gimballed with respect to the body of the missile, for producing a signal representative of the angular deviation between the target and the missile; and, a ranging system for producing a signal representative of a range between the target and the missile. The fuzing system, in response to the range signals, produces a time-to-go signal, t.sub.go, where t.sub.go, related to the range between the missile and the target divided by the rate of change in such range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Joseph L. Sebeny, Jr., Aaron T. Spettel, F. Taft Murray