Anti-aircraft Type Patents (Class 89/36.16)
  • Patent number: 11221195
    Abstract: A method is proposed for protecting a vehicle (2) from a threat (3), in which the threat (3) is recognized as such, preferably classified and a countermeasure (11) is implemented against the threat (3). For this purpose, a new overall situation resulting therefrom, consisting at least of a new wind direction and wind speed, as well as the direction of the threat and the threat distance, is calculated for every change of course and voyage. The calculated course and journey changes are displayed, in which a countermeasure to protect the vehicle can still be successfully implemented. The calculation takes into account at least wind data, threat type and threat direction. Furthermore, at least the vehicle's own data should be taken into account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: RHEINMETALL WAFFE MUNITION GMBH
    Inventors: Jan Weinbeer, Christian Lichtmannegger
  • Patent number: 10689109
    Abstract: The present disclosure primarily relates to interceptor unmanned aerial systems and methods for countering Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), although the inventions disclosed herein are useful for capture of any aerial object. The system utilizes a rigid effector frame, an effector attached directly to the frame, and at least two propulsion elements connected to the effector frame, and is configured to intercept and disable threat UAS. The disclosed systems can be oriented to any virtually any angle to maximize the chances of intercept.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Inventors: Aaron Wypyszynski, Bill Martin, John Roy, Stephen R. Norris
  • Patent number: 8399816
    Abstract: A system providing a physical-barrier defense against rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) that is suitable for use on aircraft, ground vehicles and ships. The system includes a propulsion device (for example, a rocket) and a barrier that is attached to the propulsion device by one or more tethers. The barrier includes an inflatable frame. When the propulsion device is launched, an inflator inflates the frame to assume an open state, and the propulsion device pulls the tether and the barrier along a trajectory for intercepting an RPG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: CPI IP, LLC
    Inventor: Richard O. Glasson
  • Patent number: 8122810
    Abstract: A system providing a physical-barrier defense against rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs). The system is suitable for use on aircraft, ground vehicles, and ships.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: CPI IP, LLC
    Inventor: Richard O. Glasson
  • Patent number: 7930967
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for antimissile protection of vehicles having a very short response time with practically no false alarms and not requiring the use of means such as decoys or conventional laser jammers, while providing the best possible protection. It is characterized in that at least one curtain of plasma filaments is created between these vehicles and the probable launch point of these missiles, this curtain being intended to blind the target-seeking device of the missiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Emmanuel Marquis, Jean-Paul Pocholle
  • Publication number: 20080148930
    Abstract: A protective device and protective measure for a radar system is provided that includes an active countermeasure by using passive emitter and/or decoys. Decoys are thereby utilized that function according to the reflection principle. These decoys are thereby radiated by the vehicle's radar. The radiation reflected by the decoys in the direction of the ARM has the same characteristic as the direct radiation from the radar itself. Thus, the ARM is unable to discriminate between decoys and the actual radar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventor: Henry Roger Frick
  • Patent number: 7077049
    Abstract: A system of active protection system of objects has a central control panel, and at least one unit arrangeable on a protected object and including a target detection device, a protective ammunition connected with the target detection device, a device for moving the target detection device and the protective ammunition device, and a case accommodating the target detection device, the protective ammunition, and the moving out device, so that when the target detection device of the at least one unit detects a target, the ammunition of the at least one unit is moved out of the case and fired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: S.A. Shumov
    Inventors: Sergei Aleksandrovich Shumov, Vasilij Onufrievich Khitryk, Vladimir Stanislavovich Medvid, Marina Ivanovna Poyhina
  • Patent number: 6957602
    Abstract: An apparatus for protecting an object from an incoming munition includes a tracking apparatus mounted on the object, for tracking the incoming munition; a firing solution computer connected to the tracking apparatus; a plurality of launch tubes mounted on the object, the plurality of launch tubes pointing in different directions so as to maximize coverage of an area surrounding the object; a parachute container attached to each launch tube; an igniter disposed in a rear of each launch tube and connected to the firing solution computer; a propelling charge disposed in front of each igniter; a mass disposed in front of each propelling charge; a connecting ring attached to a front of each mass; a parachute disposed in the parachute container; and a cable connecting the connecting ring and the parachute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Walter H. Koenig, Gregory Malejko, John C. Grau
  • Patent number: 6857596
    Abstract: A system and apparatus for deployment of a decoy from a moving object, such as an aircraft, to protect the aircraft from an enemy missile. The decoy is stored in a housing mounted on the aircraft and is connected by a cable containing fiber optics and high voltage conductors. The cable is stored on a spool which is reciprocally moveable along a rotating shaft provided with a double helix and which is located coaxially within an outer rotatable de-bailer. The cable is drawn through a passage formed in an outer cylindrical side wall and end wall of the de-bailer as the decoy is deployed from the aircraft. The cable causes the de-bailer to rotate about the spool which reciprocates back and forth along the double helix shaft. The spool is connected to the helix of the shaft by a pawl and a brake mechanism controls the rotational speed of the shaft, and thus the payout speed of the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: AE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventor: Mark A. Carlson