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US 12,624,920 B2Granted
Single armament control unit
AssigneeOn-Point Defense Technologies LLC
InventorsParker Wilson Adams, Matthew Richard Montgomery
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Abstract
A Single Armament Control Unit (SACU) that operates a single missile tube as opposed to multiple tubes. The SACU provides for interlock pin and umbilical depression from the housing on the rotation of a single crankshaft controlled by a single motor where the rotor of the motor and the rotational axis of the crankshaft are generally parallel to the missile tube.
Claims20
A Single Arming Control Unit (SACU) for a missile cradle, the SACU comprising:
- a housing;
- a motor in said housing;
- and
- a crankshaft in said housing including at least two cranks, wherein:
- a first crank of said at least two cranks is arranged in a first plane through an axis of rotation of said crankshaft;
- a second crank of said at least two cranks is arranged in a second plane through said axis of rotation of said crankshaft;
- said first crank is connected to an interlock pin for a missile tube in said missile cradle;
- said second crank is connected to an umbilical connector for said missile tube in said missile cradle;
- and
- said second plane and first plane are not parallel;
- wherein, said motor acts to rotate said crankshaft between a first safe position and a second armed position.
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An arming system for multiple missile tubes, the arming system comprising:
- a first Single Arming Control Unit (SACU) for a first missile cradle, the first SACU comprising:
- a first housing;
- a circuit board in said first housing;
- a first motor in said first housing;
- and
- a first crankshaft in said first housing including at least two cranks, wherein:
- a first crank of said at least two cranks is arranged in a first plane through an axis of rotation of said first crankshaft;
- a second crank of said at least two cranks is arranged in a second plane through said axis of rotation of said first crankshaft;
- said first crank is connected to an interlock pin for a first missile tube in said first missile cradle;
- said second crank is connected to an umbilical connector for said first missile tube in said first missile cradle;
- and
- said second plane and first plane are not parallel;
- wherein, said first motor acts to rotate said first crankshaft between a first safe position and a second armed position;
- and
- a second SACU for a second missile cradle, the second SACU comprising:
- a second housing;
- a second motor in said second housing;
- and
- a second crankshaft in said second housing including at least two cranks, wherein:
- a first crank of said at least two cranks is arranged in a first plane through an axis of rotation of said second crankshaft;
- a second crank of said at least two cranks is arranged in a second plane through said axis of rotation of said second crankshaft;
- said first crank is connected to an interlock pin for a second missile tube in said second missile cradle;
- said second crank is connected to an umbilical connector for said second missile tube in said second missile cradle;
- and
- said second plane and first plane are not parallel;
- wherein, said second motor acts to rotate said second crankshaft between a first safe position and a second armed position;
- wherein said circuit board electrically controls both said first motor and said second motor.
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