Method for providing electrical energy to a self-destruct fuze for submunitions contained in a projectile
AssigneeOmnitek Partners LLC
InventorsJahangir S Rastegar, Richard T Murray, Chris Janow, Richard Dratler
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Abstract
A method for providing electrical energy in a projectile upon an expulsion acceleration of the projectile. The method including: using a firing acceleration of the projectile to deform at least one elastic element to store mechanical energy in the elastic element; locking the elastic element in the deformed position; and unlocking the elastic element due to the expulsion acceleration to vibrate the at least one elastic element and apply a cyclic force to at least one piezoelectric element to convert the stored mechanical energy to electrical energy.
Claims7
A method for providing electrical energy in a submunition of a projectile upon an expulsion acceleration of the submunition from the projectile, the method comprising:
- using a firing acceleration of the projectile to deform at least one elastic element and a mass connected to the at least one elastic element to store mechanical energy in the elastic element;
- locking the elastic element in the deformed position;
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- unlocking the elastic element due to the expulsion acceleration to vibrate the at least one elastic element and mass and apply a cyclic force to at least one piezoelectric element to convert the stored mechanical energy to electrical energy.
A method for providing electrical energy in a submunition of a projectile upon an acceleration of the submunition subsequent to a firing acceleration from the projectile subsequent to a firing acceleration of the projectile, the method comprising:
- using the firing acceleration of the projectile to deform at least one elastic element and a mass connected to the at least one elastic element to store mechanical energy in the elastic element;
- locking the elastic element in the deformed position;
- unlocking the elastic element due to the acceleration from the projectile to vibrate the at least one elastic element and mass and apply a cyclic force to at least one piezoelectric element to convert the stored mechanical energy to electrical energy.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.