Soft removable thermal shield for a missile seeker head
AssigneeRafael-Armament Development Authority Ltd.
InventorNisim Hazan
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Abstract
A soft removable thermal shiled for protecting a heat-sensitive element of a projectile. The shield includes a main body and an attachment arrangement forconnecting the main body to the projectile. The main body is designed to cover part of a window of the projectile, behind which the element is disposed. The main body is designed also to thermally protect the element during part of the flight of the projectile, and to be soft enough when released from the projectile, so that the main body does not harm the projectile after it is released.
Claims9
A soft removable thermal shield for protecting a heat-sensitive element of a projectile, comprising:
- (a) a main body configured to:
- (i) cover at least part of a window of the projectile, the element being disposed behind said window;
- (ii) thermally protect the element during at least part of a flight of the projectile;
- and
- (iii) be sufficiently soft upon being released from the projectile during said flight that said main body is substantially harmless to the projectile after being released;
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- (b) an attachment arrangement for releasably connecting said main body to the projectile, such that a release of said main body from the projectile is at least partially non-ablative.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.