Electronically controlled arming unit
AssigneeRaytheon Company
InventorsRandall Pahl, Marcus Snell, Carl Nicodemus
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Abstract
An electronically controlled arming unit including a logic circuit that is driven by the pre-existing weapons system signals to control a lanyard locking unit, thus removing the need for an external force to operate the arming unit. The electronically controlled arming unit can be retrofitted to the existing equipment.
Claims16
An electronically controlled apparatus for arming a weapon armed by pulling a lanyard upon release of the weapon from a weapon base, the apparatus comprising:
- a lanyard retention mechanism adapted to engage with and disengage from the lanyard connected to the weapon;
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- a logic circuit having inputs to receive at least two pre-existing weapons system signals, wherein said logic circuit is adapted to control said lanyard retention mechanism in response to said weapons system signals, and wherein said lanyard retention mechanism is adapted to engage with and disengage from the lanyard in response to said logic circuit.
An electronically controlled apparatus for arming weapons armed by pulling a lanyard upon release of the weapon from a weapon base, comprising:
- a lanyard retention mechanism adapted to engage and disengage the lanyard in response to a logic circuit;
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- said logic circuit having inputs to receive at least two pre-existing weapons system signals and adapted to control said lanyard retention mechanism in response to said weapons system signals,
- wherein said at least two pre-existing weapons system signals comprise an arming signal and a firing signal, and, the apparatus further comprising a selector unit for selecting one of an open mode, a normal mode, or a locked mode.
An electronically controlled apparatus for arming weapons armed by pulling a lanyard upon release of the weapon from a weapon base, comprising:
- a lanyard retention mechanism adapted to engage and disengage the lanyard in response to a logic circuit;
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- said logic circuit having inputs to receive at least two pre-existing weapons system signals and adapted to control said lanyard retention mechanism in response to said weapons system signals,
- wherein said at least two pre-existing weapons system signals comprise an arming signal and a firing signal, and wherein said firing signal and said arming signal are twenty eight volt electrical signals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.