| US 7,373,886 B2 | ||
| Dispenser for discharging countermeasures and method therefore | ||
| Christer Zätterqvist, Uppsala (Sweden); and Johan Friede, Hässelby (Sweden) | ||
| Assigned to SAAB AB, Linköping (Sweden) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/476,758 PCT Filed May 03, 2002, PCT No. PCT/SE02/00851 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date May 19, 2004, PCT Pub. No. WO02/093102, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 21, 2002. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 0101581 (SE), filed on May 07, 2001; and application No. 0200597 (SE), filed on Feb. 27, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0200382 A1, Oct. 14, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. F42B 12/70 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 102—505 [102/340; 102/342] | 26 Claims |
| 11. An arrangement for discharging countermeasures arranged in unit countermeasure packs on a carrier craft moving in a main
flying direction, the arrangement comprising:
a plurality of magazines configured to receive the unit countermeasure packs, each magazine including a discharge opening;
and
a secondary carrier arranged on the carrier craft and configured to receive the magazines, wherein the magazines are arranged
around a central axis of the secondary carrier, the secondary carrier comprising a plurality of discharging locations including
openings facing lateral to the main flying direction, the discharging locations configured to discharge the unit countermeasure
packs from the magazines in spreading directions transverse to the main flying direction of the carrier craft, such that the
countermeasures leave the unit countermeasure packs after the unit countermeasure packs have been discharged from the discharging
locations and screen the carrier craft or form a decoy to deceive or confuse a threat aimed at the carrier craft; and
a rotating discharger configured to rotate about the central axis such that the rotating discharger successively passes the
discharging location of each magazine, thereby imparting to the unit countermeasure packs a necessary discharging speed in
a discharging direction for each magazine.
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