Patents Assigned to The Secretaryof State for Defence in Her Britannic Majesty's Government of the United Kingsom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  • Infra-red emitting decoy flare
    Patent number: 7516700
    Abstract: An infra-red emitting decoy flare comprising a rupturable container 13 housing combustible flakes 1 and ignition means 20 for igniting the combustible flakes 1. Each of the combustible flakes 1 comprises a fibrous, carbon containing substrate on to which has been vapor deposited on one or both faces thereof a combustible material layer which is capable, in use, of igniting substantially simultaneously the entire surface onto which it is deposited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: The Secretaryof State for Defence in Her Britannic Majesty's Government of the United Kingsom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    Inventor: James Callaway