Projectile launch detector, and associated projectile and launcher assembly
AssigneeNaval Group
InventorsThibaut De Sarran, Quentin Deguin, Pierre Nuytten
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Abstract
A projectile launch detector, including a body, a mast and a blade rigidly connected to the mast; the mast being capable of sliding between a retracted configuration and a deployed configuration, and capable of pivoting between a first and a second angular position. The detector may further includes a first elastic return element to return the mast to the deployed configuration relative to the body; and a first associated sensor; and a second elastic return element to return the mast to the first angular position relative to the body; and a second associated sensor.
Claims11
A projectile launch detector, comprising:
- a body arranged along a first axis;
- a mast extending along the first axis, said mast comprising a first and a second end, respectively arranged inside and outside the body;
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- a blade secured to the second end of the mast and extending radially relative to said mast,
- said blade including:
- first and second opposite faces, parallel to the first axis;
- and an end surface, substantially perpendicular to the first axis and opposite the body;
- the mast configured to slide relative to the body along the first axis, between a retracted configuration and a deployed configuration, the blade being axially closer to the body in the retracted configuration than in the deployed configuration;
- the mast further configured to pivot relative to the body about the first axis, between a first and a second angular position;
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- the detector further comprising:
- a first elastic return element, configured to return said mast to the deployed configuration relative to the body;
- a first sensor configured to determine whether the mast is in the retracted configuration or in the deployed configuration;
- a second elastic return element, configured to return said mast to the first angular position relative to the body;
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- a second sensor configured to determine whether the mast is in the first or the second angular position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.