Patents by Inventor Henk Mentink

Henk Mentink 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).

  • Apparatus and method for guidance of a projectile
    Patent number: 8173945
    Abstract: There is disclosed an apparatus and a method for guidance of a projectile. The method for guidance of a projectile, includes emission from the launching position of the projectile of beams pointing to the vertexes of a regular polygon, emission from the launching position of a beam encompassing the preceding beams, determination of position of the projectile relative to the beams, the determined position enabling to correct the projectile trajectory to maintain the projectile the closer to the center of the polygon formed by the beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Thales Nederland B.V.
    Inventor: Henk Mentink
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GUIDANCE OF A PROJECTILE
    Publication number: 20100032514
    Abstract: There is disclosed an apparatus and a method for guidance of a projectile. The method for guidance of a projectile, includes emission from the launching position of the projectile of beams pointing to the vertexes of a regular polygon, emission from the launching position of a beam encompassing the preceding beams, determination of position of the projectile relative to the beams, the determined position enabling to correct the projectile trajectory to maintain the projectile the closer to the center of the polygon formed by the beams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: Thales Nederland B.V.
    Inventor: Henk Mentink