Hybrid Reserve Power Source Systems For Munitions
AssigneeOmnitek Partners LLC
InventorJahangir S. Rastegar
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Abstract
A method of sustaining a production of power in a munition. The method including: (a) initiating a reserve power source of two or more reserve power sources upon a predetermined event; (b) storing a portion of a supply of electrical energy from the reserve power source in at least one electrical energy storage device; (c) providing a portion of the supply of electrical energy from the reserve power source to one or more electronic components on-board the munition; and (c) repeating the initiating for another reserve power source of the two or more reserve power sources upon determining that the electrical energy stored in the at least one electrical energy storage device is less than a predetermined value.
Claims18
A method of sustaining a production of power in a munition, the method comprising:
- (a) initiating a reserve power source of two or more reserve power sources upon a predetermined event;
- (b) storing a portion of a supply of electrical energy from the reserve power source in at least one electrical energy storage device;
- (c) providing a portion of the supply of electrical energy from the reserve power source to one or more electronic components on-board the munition;
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- (c) repeating the initiating for another reserve power source of the two or more reserve power sources upon determining that the electrical energy stored in the at least one electrical energy storage device is less than a predetermined value.
A power source for a munition, the power source comprising:
- two or more reserve power sources each of which is capable of producing electrical energy upon initiation;
- an initiator corresponding to each of the two or more power sources for initiating a supply of the electrical energy from the two or more power sources;
- at least one electrical energy storage device operatively connected to the two or more power sources for storing at least a portion of the electrical energy produced by the two or more reserve power sources;
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- a controller configured to:
- initiate a first reserve power source of the two or more reserve power sources upon a predetermined event;
- store a portion of the supply of electrical energy from the first reserve power source in the at least one electrical energy storage device;
- provide a portion of the supply of electrical energy from the reserve power source to one or more electronic components on-board the munition and
- initiate one or more subsequent reserve power sources of the two or more reserve power sources upon a determination that the electrical energy stored in the at least one electrical energy storage device is less than a predetermined value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.