Smart mine
CA 1264181 C · Owner: Raytheon Company · Inventors: Marton, Bela; Rice, Joseph A. Jr.; Colegrove, Forrest D.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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Abstract From the Canadian patent
Abstract:, The present invention relates to a smart mine. The smart mine includes a pair of He3 magnetic sensors exteriorly connected to a head compartment of a mine housing. A torpedo compartment for housing a torpedo completes the mine housing. The head compartment contains the sensor support electronics which includes a phase locked loop means having a pair of digital phase locked loops connected between the sensors and a difference circuit whereby a difference signal representative of the difference between the pair of He3 magnetic sensors is produced for processing, in a signal processor for determining the presence of large ferromagnetic bodies and producing a torpedo firing signal.
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Why it's free to use
- Granted January 2, 1990. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 2, 2007.
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