Missile interface unit
CA 2047134 C · Owner: Hughes Aircraft Company · Inventors: Feld, Charles M.; Humm, Larry A.; Griggs, Darrin C.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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Abstract From the Canadian patent
In launcher control system (12), a missile interface unit (29) for controlling a ground launched active radar guided missile (GLA) which is modular in construction. The missile interface unit (29) provides target position information and control signals for test end launch of the GLA, and power for activating the GLA as well as determining the status of the GLA. It employs a plurality of cards (56-70), each card having a specific function and being interconnected by a backplane bus system (55) which also couples the cards (56-70) to other components of the launcher control system (12).
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Why it's free to use
- Filed July 16, 1991 and granted November 19, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 16, 2011.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by July 16, 2013.
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