Research/Patents/US 6116537
US 6116537

SEEKER HEAD FOR MISSILES

Assignee

BODENSEEWERK GERATETECHNIK GMBH

Filed

Sep 19, 1996

Granted

Sep 12, 2000

Location

UBERLINGEN DE

Abstract

A seeker head for target tracking missiles having an optical seeker de-coupled from the movements of the missile has a non-rotating platform (16), which is mounted in the missile for rotation about pitch and yaw axes about an origin (30), the platform carrying the optical seeker. A missile-fixed torquer assembly (74) for generating toques about mutually orthogonal axes (48,52) directly engages the platform (16). An inertial sensor unit (26) is mounted on the platform (16), the signals from the inertial sensor unit (26) being applied to the torquer assembly (74) to de-couple the platform (16) from the movements of the missile. A particular way of arranging the inertial sensorunit (26) and a particular design of the torquer assembly are described.

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35 USC §181 Secrecy Order

Imposed

Jun 27, 1997

Rescinded

Feb 5, 1998

Duration

7 months

Inventor

  • 1HAGEN KEMPAS

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