Squib enabled hold up battery switch
AssigneeBAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
InventorsChristopher Alix, Jeffrey A. Gensler, Ross T. Johnson
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Abstract
A countermeasure includes a cartridge case. There is an impulse cartridge (IC) cup on the cartridge case. There is a deployable payload within the cartridge case, where the deployable payload is adapted to be deployed and expelled from the cartridge case. A battery is on the deployable payload, wherein the battery is enabled to power a component on the deployable payload in response to an impulse cartridge being connected with the IC cup and the battery is disabled in response to the impulse cartridge being disconnected from the IC cup.
Claims15
A countermeasure device comprising:
- a canister;
- a deployable payload within the canister, where the deployable payload is adapted to be deployed from the canister;
- a battery in the canister;
- and
- a switch in the canister that is electrically connected to the battery, wherein the switch is configured to be repeatedly switched between an active state and an inactive state based on two different interactions with the canister, wherein the active state permits transmission of power from the battery through the switch and the inactive state precludes transmission of power from the battery through the switch;
- wherein the two different interactions with the canister includes:
- a first action relative to a portion of the canister to effect the switch to operate in a first manner;
- and
- a second action relative to the portion of the canister to effect the switch to operate in a second manner;
- wherein the first action effects the switch to permit transmission of power through the switch and the second action effects the switch to preclude transmission of power through the switch;
- and
- wherein the first action is associated with connecting a device to the canister and the second action is associated with the disconnecting the device from the canister.
A countermeasure device comprising:
- a cartridge case;
- an impulse cartridge (IC) cup on the cartridge case;
- a deployable payload within the cartridge case, where the deployable payload is adapted to be deployed and expelled from the cartridge case;
- and
- a battery on the deployable payload, wherein the battery is enabled to power a component on the deployable payload in response to an impulse cartridge being connected with the IC cup and the battery is disabled in response to the impulse cartridge being disconnected from the IC cup.
A method comprising:
- supplying a countermeasure device to an individual or entity, wherein the countermeasure device includes a canister and a deployable payload within the canister, wherein the deployable payload is adapted to be deployed and expelled from the canister and there is a battery on the deployable payload, wherein the battery is enabled to power a component on the deployable payload in response to an impulse cartridge or squib being connected with the an impulse cartridge (IC) cup on the cannister and the battery is disabled in response to the impulse cartridge being disconnected from the IC cup;
- effecting the individual or entity to insert an impulse cartridge or squib into an impulse cartridge cup (IC cup) on the canister;
- effecting the individual or entity to enable a battery on the deployable payload to enter an active power mode in response to the impulse cartridge or squib being inserted into the IC cup;
- effecting the individual or entity to remove the impulse cartridge or squib from the IC cup;
- and
- effecting the individual or entity to disable the battery on the deployable payload such that the battery enters an inactive state in response to the impulse cartridge or squib being removed from the IC cup.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.