Patents Assigned to BAE Systems plc
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Patent number: 11609049Abstract: There is disclosed a heat exchanger comprising: a plurality of first fluid channels, a plurality of conduits for interconnecting the first fluid channels, a plurality of second fluid channels, a plurality of conduits for interconnecting the second fluid channels, wherein the heat exchanger is configured as a plurality of repeating units, each repeating unit comprising: a base plate comprising a first opening, and a first conduit extending from the plate, the shape of the opening corresponding to the shape of the conduit.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2019Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: BAE Systems plcInventor: Evaldas Greiciunas
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Publication number: 20230085286Abstract: This invention relates to a improvements relating to munitions, specifically to coating small arms ammunition with decoppering agents, as a replacement in lead free ammunition. There is a method of manufacturing a coated metallic projectile for a rifled barrel, comprising; providing a metallic projectile cup with a coating of a decoppering agent located thereon, to provide a coated metallic projectile cup; causing the coated metallic projectile cup to be drawn through a plurality of dies to form a drawn coated metallic projectile.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2021Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plcInventors: Thomas Lloyd Beswick, Ian John Pennell
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Publication number: 20230084391Abstract: A muzzle brake (20) for a gun tube (12) defining a bore (40) centred on a longitudinal axis (32). The muzzle brake (20) comprises a top plate (24) and a bottom plate (26). A first wall section (100), a second wall section (200) and a third wall section (300) extend from the top plate (24) to the bottom plate (26).The second wall section (200) extends from the first wall section (100) to a first baffle (220). The third wall section (300) extends from the second wall section (200) to a second baffle (320). The second wall section (200), top plate (24) and bottom plate (26) converge towards the longitudinal axis (32) and the first baffle (220), such that the second wall section (200), top plate (24), bottom plate (26) and first baffle (220) define a first compression cone (224).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2021Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plcInventor: Richard Peter Lewin
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Publication number: 20230072805Abstract: Provided is a method and system for measuring a radar cross section of an object (102). The method comprises: transmitting one or more radar pulses (402) to the object (102), each of the one or more pulses (402) having a predetermined pulse profile; for each of the one or more pulses (402), measuring a pulse return, the pulse return being the radar pulse (402) reflected by the object (102); deconvolving the measured one or more pulse returns using the predetermined pulse profile; and determining the radar cross section of the object (102) using the deconvolved one or more pulse returns.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2021Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS PLCInventor: Adam Thomas PETRUS
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Publication number: 20230062666Abstract: There is provided a laser controller comprising: an electromagnetic radiation source operable to transmit radiation into the environment; a backscatter detector operable to detect backscattered radiation from the environment; and a processor operable to generate a laser control signal based on characteristics of the detected backscattered radiation.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: BAE Systems plcInventor: Leon Paul Skorczewski
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Publication number: 20230068896Abstract: Provided is a thermal management apparatus for use with a vehicle, the apparatus comprising a plurality of phase change heat exchange units thermally coupled with a vehicle system that requires thermal management, the plurality of phase change heat exchange units operable to remove heat from the vehicle system.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: BAE Systems plcInventor: Leon Paul Skorczewski
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Patent number: 11592243Abstract: There is disclosed a heat exchanger comprising a first channel, for communicating between a first channel inlet and a first channel outlet, a second channel for communicating between a second channel inlet and a second channel outlet, a third channel for communicating between a third channel inlet and a third channel outlet, a first conduit interconnecting the first channel and the third channel, and thereby defining a first group of interconnected channels, the first conduit extending through the second channel.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2019Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: BAE Systems plcInventor: Evaldas Greiciunas
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Publication number: 20230053640Abstract: An airframe or a part thereof 3, for example a skin assembly or a profile such as a structural profile, comprises: a wall W having an aperture A therethrough, wherein the wall W provides a frame F surrounding, at least in part, the aperture A; a panel P conforming with the aperture A; and wherein the airframe or the part 3 thereof is configurable in: a first configuration, wherein the panel P and the frame F are mutually spaced apart; and a second configuration, wherein the panel P is received in the frame F and wherein the frame F resists movement of the panel P in two or three mutually orthogonal directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2021Publication date: February 23, 2023Applicant: BAE Systems plcInventor: Gregory Warren Thompson
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Publication number: 20230047903Abstract: A method of friction-stir welding, FSW, a joint J, for example a T joint J, between a first workpiece W1 and a second workpiece W2 is described.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2021Publication date: February 16, 2023Applicant: BAE Systems plcInventors: Howard James Price, John Chippendale
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Publication number: 20230052271Abstract: A method of friction-stir welding, FSW, ajoint J, for example a T joint and/or a lap joint, between a first workpiece W1 and a second workpiece W2, is described.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2021Publication date: February 16, 2023Applicant: BAE Systems plcInventor: Jonathan Peter Martin
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Publication number: 20230046113Abstract: An airframe 1 or part thereof comprises a set of modular cells 10, including a first cell 10A comprising a set of profiles 100 including: a first structural profile 100A, having a first length L1 and enclosing a first volume V1 providing a first passageway P1; and a second profile 100B, having a second length L2 and enclosing a second volume V2, wherein the first passageway P1 is arranged to receive the second profile 100B therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2021Publication date: February 16, 2023Applicant: BAE Systems plcInventor: Gregory Warren Thompson
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Patent number: 11582890Abstract: An equipment enclosure (1) for electromagnetically isolating an electronic device, the equipment enclosure 1 comprising a conductive housing (3) and a plurality of conductive sheets (5). Each sheet (5) includes an aperture (7). The sheets (5) are stacked in a spaced-apart relationship within the housing (3) thereby defining a plurality of electromagnetically-isolated cavities (9) each within a respective Faraday cage formed by the conductive housing (3) and the conductive sheets (5). The apertures (7) form a channel (11) that extends through the enclosure (1) providing a route for connections between the cavities (9).Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: BAE Systems plcInventors: Simon Bishop, Carl Martin Matthews, Curtis Baker
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Patent number: 11576456Abstract: An optical filter includes a first layer including a first notch filter arranged to attenuate electromagnetic radiation having a first wavelength ?1 incident normally thereupon. The optical filter includes a second layer including a second notch filter arranged to attenuate electromagnetic radiation having a second wavelength ?2 incident normally thereupon. The first wavelength ?1 and the second wavelength ?2 are different. The second layer is stacked upon the first layer. In use, the first notch filter attenuates the electromagnetic radiation having a predetermined wavelength ? incident thereupon at a first angle of incidence ?1 and the second notch filter attenuates the electromagnetic radiation having the predetermined wavelength ? incident thereupon at a second angle of incidence ?2, wherein the first angle of incidence ?1 and the second angle of incidence ?2 are different.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2019Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS PLCInventor: Mark Edgar Bray
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Publication number: 20230039519Abstract: There is provided a fuel tank system comprising a fuel tank; and a lattice in the fuel tank for impeding the propagation of a flame front within the fuel tank, the lattice defining a plurality of openings to allow a fluid to pass through.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2020Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS PLCInventors: Simeon Jonathan EARL, Sean GALLAGHER, Christopher Charles Rawlinson JONES
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Patent number: 11565812Abstract: When the tension across the cord's 24 length reaches a predetermined threshold, an activation mechanism within the payload 16 and coupled to one of the cord's 24 ends is actuated in order to activate the payload 16. Activating the payload 16 may include deactivating a SAFU, activating a motor 32 disposed within the housing, or causing flight controls to extend from a housed position. Here, “within the payload 16” may mean part of the activation mechanism is disposed on the outer surface or housing of the payload 16.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2019Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: BAE Systems plcInventor: Gordon John Victor McArthur
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Publication number: 20230024251Abstract: A dynamic light source for a display is disclosed. The dynamic light source comprises a first light source located inside a first device; and a second light source. The first device is configured to allow light from the first light source to exit the first device in a first cone of angles and to reflect light incident outside the cone of angles back towards the first light source. The first device is configured such that injected light from the second light source is reflected by the first light source in a second cone of angles substantially coincident with the first cone of angles and that light output by the first device from the second light source is attenuated more than light output by the first light source, and an amount of attenuation is based on an intended dynamic power range of the dynamic light source.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2020Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plcInventor: Paul Stewart Morant
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Publication number: 20230021349Abstract: Described herein is an improved optical display system for a head or helmet mounted display (HMD). The optical display system comprises an intermediate reflective element that comprises an array of microstructures. Separate image generators are provided which generate images which are projected onto a user's left and right eyes and by use of the intermediate reflective element, the image generator located on the left side of the HMD generates an image for the user's left eye and the image generator located on the right side of the HMD generates an image for the user's right eye. As described below, this improved optical display system may, in various examples, be coupled with a vision enhancement system.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2020Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plcInventor: Rory Thomas Alexander Mills
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Patent number: 11543190Abstract: There is provided a thermal management apparatus for use with a vehicle comprising: a chassis in thermal contact with one or more first components that require thermal management and one or more second components that require thermal management, wherein the chassis is configured to transfer heat from the one or more first components to the one or more second components.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: BAE Systems plcInventors: Robert John Salter, James Martin Miller, Carl Martin Matthews
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Publication number: 20220410469Abstract: A method of fabricating an article by fused filament fabrication.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2020Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: BAE Systems PlcInventor: Amir Rezai
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Publication number: 20220404832Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a weapon system for use on a vehicle, comprising: a control system, the control system configured to, in response to a determination that a line-of-sight from the weapon system to a target of the weapon system is currently, or going to be obscured, trigger an alteration of a configuration of the vehicle such that the line-of-sight to the target is not obscured. Thus, the weapon system can ensure a line-of-sight of the target, allowing it to be successfully engaged.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2020Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plcInventor: Keith Antony Rigby
