RING ARRAY PROJECTILE STEERING WITH OPTICALLY-TRIGGERED DIVERTER ELEMENTS - Patent 1196733

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EP 1 196 733 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	21.06.2001

(43)	Date of publication:
	17.04.2002 Bulletin 2002/16

(21)	Application number: 00986176.6

(22)	Date of filing: 20.07.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: F41G 7/26

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0019/925

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0116/547 (08.03.2001 Gazette 2001/10)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

21.07.1999 US 144918 P

(71)	Applicant: General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Inc.
	St. Petersburg, FL 33716-3807 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	HORWATH, Tibor, G. Falmouth, VA 22405 (US)

(74)	Representative: Hirsch, Peter, Dipl.-Ing.
	Klunker Schmitt-Nilson HirschWinzererstrasse 106 80797 München 80797 München (DE)

(54)	RING ARRAY PROJECTILE STEERING WITH OPTICALLY-TRIGGERED DIVERTER ELEMENTS