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(11) EP 0 601 983 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
31.08.1994 Bulletin 1994/35

(43) Date of publication A2:
15.06.1994 Bulletin 1994/24

(21) Application number: 93850204.4

(22) Date of filing: 28.10.1993
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: F42C 15/40, G01P 15/12, G01P 15/02, G01P 1/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IT LI NL SE

(30) Priority: 12.11.1992 SE 9203378

(71) Applicant: Bofors AB
S-691 80 Karlskoga (SE)

(72) Inventor:
  • Richert, Hans
    S-433 63 Partille (SE)

(74) Representative: Falk, Bengt 
Bofors AB, Patents and Trademarks
S-691 80 Karlskoga
S-691 80 Karlskoga (SE)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) A method and an apparatus for determining the flight distance covered by a projectile


    (57) The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus (1) for continuously measuring the flight distance covered by a projectile, with the aid of an accelerometer (1) which exclusively measures the retardation acting on the projectile on each separate occasion.





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