Rocket firing system
OwnerJohn R. Florenceinventor
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Abstract
A rocket firing system comprises a magnetic core, a co-axial driver coil and a sensor coil or coils which are connected to a detector device which detects the presence and the desired state of a further coil which is inductively linked to the magnetic core. In use a low-power signal voltage is first applied to the driver coil. Subject to the detector device indicating the presence and desired state of a firing circuit of a rocket including the further coil, an operating power voltage is then applied to the driver coil to induce a firing voltage in the firing circuit.
Claims9
A rocket firing system comprising a magnetic core, a driver coil, said driver coil being mounted co-axially with said magnetic core, sensor coil means, said sensor coil means being inductively linked with said magnetic core and said driver coil, and a detector device, said detector device being connected to said sensor coil means to determine the state of any further coil brought into inductive linkage with the core.
A method of firing a rocket, said rocket having an inductive firing circuit, said firing circuit being adapted to be magnetically linked by a firing system, said firing system comprising a magnetic core, a driver coil and a sensor coil, the method comprising the steps of bringing the core to link magnetically with said firing circuit, applying a low-power signal voltage to said driver coil, monitoring the presence and state of said firing circuit by a signal generated in said sensor coil, and thereafter applying an operating power voltage to the driver coil to thereby induce a firing voltage in said firing circuit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.