Patents by Inventor Richard Benedikter

Richard Benedikter 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).

  • Patent number: 5601024
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an optical proximity fuse for missiles with laser transmitters and optical receivers, whose optically bundled beam paths are oriented in such a way at a small angle to the direction of flight that they intersect in predetermined measuring segments, wherein the radiation reflected from objects in these measuring segments is utilized for deriving the firing pulse, wherein at least two laser transmitters oriented at angles different from each other and a common optical receiver are arranged at different points of the front side of the missile. The measuring segments where the transmitter beam paths intersect the receiver beam path lie at different distances from the missile and at differing side spacings from the longitudinal axis of the missile, wherein the measuring segment lying closer to the missile corresponds to the predetermined target segment. The laser transmitters are modulated at identification response codes differing from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1997
    Assignee: Daimler-Benz Aerospace AG
    Inventors: Gunther Sepp, Walter Hermann, Richard Benedikter
  • Patent number: 5018446
    Abstract: An initiating sensor for a missile equipped with a directional warhead. For the timely detection of the target and to calculate the tripping time, two rings are provided on the circumference of the missile, each having a multitude of active laser rangefinders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1991
    Assignee: Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm GmbH
    Inventors: Richard Benedikter, Gunther Sepp, Wolfgang Knauer
  • Patent number: 4930888
    Abstract: A situation display system has a movable section for attachment to a helmet nd a stationary section, including a stationary map providing a real map background for showing situation display elements on the map. The movable section is connected through a flexible cable to a device for the remote control of the situation display elements which are computer generated. By accurate measurements of the location of the helmet and its distance to the map, signals are provided which are processed independently of any movements of an operator wearing the helmet so that the elements are correctly displayed and seen on the map. Thus, a tactical situation display is obtained for a military command system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 5, 1990
    Assignee: Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung
    Inventors: Horst Freisleben, Gottfried Scharfenberg, Gunther Sepp, Richard Benedikter, Werner Schnaebele