Abstract: A control system is provided for igniting and dispensing a smoke pot for ense of a hulled vehicle. The system utilizes a command circuit located inside the vehicle for using the vehicles power source to select smoke pot operations. A user can select an operation to ignite a desired smoke pot or an operation to ignite and release the smoke pot. Two power lines are arranged from the command circuit inside the vehicle to a control circuit located at the exterior of the hull for operating the smoke pot control system. A minimum number of apertures are required in leading the power lines to the control circuit. The control circuit activates the selected operations of the smoke pots.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 7, 1992
Date of Patent:
November 2, 1993
Assignee:
The United States of America as reprpesented by the Secretary of the Army
Inventors:
Paul G. Schabdach, Scott H. Elwood, Irving F. Barditch, William G. Rouse