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US 4,091,734 AGranted
Aircraft to weapon fuze communication link
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorsStephen L. Redmond, Steven E. Fowler
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Abstract
An aircraft-to-weapon fuze communication link that transfers fuzing inforion between the aircraft and weapon via an optical data and power link in the absence of any physical connection. The information is transferred via an infrared light beam in digital format. Power to run the fuze receiver during the data transfer process is supplied from a high power light source.
Claims9
An optical communications link comprising;
- information transmitting means including an optical transmitter for transmitting information in digital format via a light beam;
- power transmitting means for supplying a high-power light beam;
- power receiver means on a receiving body for receiving the high power light beam and converting the beam to electrical energy;
- information receiver means included on said receiving body for receiving the information transmitted by said information transmitting means and being powered by the electrical energy from said power receiving means;
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- data decoder means operatively coupled to said information receiver means for decoding the information transmitted in digital format.
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