Patents by Inventor Pierre L. M. Lamelot

Pierre L. M. Lamelot 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).

  • Device for optically guiding an autorotating missile
    Patent number: 5458298
    Abstract: An optical guidance device comprises an entry lens of which the optical axis merges with the axis of rotation of the missile, a filiform infrared detector, sensitive to the infrared radiation of a target, is placed in the focal plane of the lens. The detector is intersected at least twice by circles centered on the axis of rotation of the missile. A circuit elaborates deviation information from the output signals from the detector. Steering means are provided for correcting the path of the missile from the deviation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1995
    Assignee: Societe Anonyme de Telecommunications
    Inventor: Pierre L. M. Lamelot
  • Infrared proximity detector device for flying missile and detector assembly for autorotating missile including such device
    Patent number: 5456179
    Abstract: A proximity detector device comprises a lens placed at the front of the missile, two circular infrared detectors of different radii centered on the optical axis of the lens and disposed in its focal plane. An electronic circuit is connected to the detectors for delivering a proximity signal when the time slot separating two pulses emitted by the two detectors is less than a predetermined threshold. The explosion of the missile is controlled by the proximity pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1995
    Assignee: Societe Anonyme De Telecommunications
    Inventor: Pierre L. M. Lamelot