MICROARC CHAFF
Assignee
ARMY, UNITED STATES OF AMERICAS AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF, THE
Filed
Sep 25, 1985
Granted
Apr 8, 1997
Location
ADELPHI MD US
Abstract
An improved chaff in which a plurality of metallic or metallic coated elets are joined as chain links that, when deployed, produce microarcs when the link elements make and break contact with each other in an electromagnet field such as that created by a high power radar transmitter. These microarcs will then in turn create current spikes that will reflect a radar signal that has a wider bandwidth than conventional chaff, so as to make it more difficult to distinguish the chain link chaff from a fast moving target such as an aircraft.
Source: Google Patents
35 USC §181 Secrecy Order
Imposed
Oct 15, 1986
Rescinded
Oct 31, 1995
Duration
9 years
Inventor
- 1RICHARD N. JOHNSON
Record Details
- Patent number
- US 5619205
- Application
- 00679739
- Aerospace match
- Yes
- Dataset source
- 35 USC §181 SO records
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