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US 11,326,863 B2Granted
Visual guidance system for barrel-fired projectiles
OwnerShyam Swaminadhan Ramiinventor
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Abstract
A winged external guidance frame placed on the muzzle that can couple with a projectile while exiting the barrel utilizing the kinetic energy of the projectile to travel to the target while the accuracy is provided by on board electronics and corrected using the wings. Alternately a reusable unmanned aerial system that travels in the speed and direction of the projectile and couples with the projectile as it exits the barrel.
Claims8
A visual guidance system for a projectile, comprising:
- a hollow winged external guidance frame disposed over a muzzle end of a barrel within which a projectile is disposed and which is adapted to be attached to said projectile when said projectile exits said barrel as a result of said projectile entering said hollow winged external guidance frame such that said hollow winged external guidance frame will then be carried by said projectile, and wherein said hollow winged external guidance frame is capable of maneuvering said projectile toward a target by utilizing wings of said hollow winged external guidance frame and onboard electronics;
- a proximity fuse assembly fixedly attached to said hollow winged guidance frame;
- wherein said hollow winged external guidance frame encompasses said muzzle end of said barrel and thereafter encompasses an outer peripheral portion of said projectile after said projectile enters said hollow winged external guidance frame which encompasses said muzzle end of said barrel and exits said muzzle end of said barrel;
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- at least one set of male and female connectors respectively mounted upon said proximity fuse assembly and said projectile so as to operatively connect said proximity fuse assembly and said hollow winged external guidance frame to said projectile when said projectile enters said hollow winged external guidance frame and exits said barrel such that said hollow winged external guidance frame is carried by said projectile whereby said onboard electronics of said hollow winged external guidance frame guide said projectile toward a target.
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A visual guidance system for a projectile, comprising:
- a hollow winged external guidance frame disposed over a muzzle end of a barrel within which a projectile is disposed and which is adapted to be attached to said projectile when said projectile exits said barrel as a result of said projectile entering said hollow winged external guidance frame such that said hollow winged external guidance frame will then be carried by said projectile, and wherein said hollow winged external guidance frame is capable of maneuvering said projectile toward a target by utilizing wings of said hollow winged external guidance frame and onboard electronics;
- a proximity fuse assembly fixedly attached to said projectile;
- wherein said hollow winged external guidance frame encompasses said muzzle end said barrel and thereafter encompasses an outer peripheral portion of said projectile after said projectile enters said hollow winged external guidance frame which encompasses said muzzle end of said barrel and exits said muzzle end of said barrel;
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- at least one set of male and female connectors respectively mounted upon said proximity fuse assembly and said hollow winged external guidance frame so as to operatively connect said proximity fuse assembly and said projectile to said hollow winged external guidance frame when said projectile enters said hollow winged external guidance frame and exits said barrel such that said hollow winged external guidance frame is carried by said projectile whereby said onboard electronics of said hollow winged external guidance frame guide said projectile toward a target.
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