초록 ▼

Warhead for bombs, projectiles, rockets and the like having a casing with several projectiles accommodated therein. The projectiles are disposed in launcher tubes which are connected with each other by a common central connecting component to form an independent unit in a symmetrical arrangement wit

Warhead for bombs, projectiles, rockets and the like having a casing with several projectiles accommodated therein. The projectiles are disposed in launcher tubes which are connected with each other by a common central connecting component to form an independent unit in a symmetrical arrangement with respect to the axis of the component. The independent unit is equipped with a descent-retarding device on one side thereof positioned toward one direction of the axis, while the other side is provided with a stabilizing device toward the other direction of the axis to vertically position the axis during descent. Preferred embodiments use parachutes as descent-retarding devices and rigid stabilizer rods or flexible members to interconnect a stabilizing weight with the respective independent units. Accommodations are made to telescope the stabilizer rods into one another to limit the total space utilized in the stored position. In the embodiments utilizing flexible members, the weights are provided with a recess at the undersides thereof to accommodate the next adjacent parachute and independent unit when in the stored position in the warhead.

대표청구항 ▼

An independent weapon unit for use with warheads in bombs, rockets and the like, of the type which accommodate a plurality of independent weapon units in a single warhead; said independent weapon unit comprising: common central connecting means having a centrally disposed longitudinally extending ax

An independent weapon unit for use with warheads in bombs, rockets and the like, of the type which accommodate a plurality of independent weapon units in a single warhead; said independent weapon unit comprising: common central connecting means having a centrally disposed longitudinally extending axis, a plurality of launcher tubes connected to said central connecting means, each of said launcher tubes including means for accommodating at least one projectile, descent retarding means connected to said central connecting means for controlling the rate of descent of said weapon unit, stabilizing means connected to said central connecting means for stabilizing the weapon unit during the descent thereof, said descent retarding means and said stabilizing means being spaced from one another along said longitudinal axis at opposite sides of said central connecting means, and storage accommodating means permitting storage of a plurality of said independent weapon units adjacent one another extending in the direction of said longitudinal axis with the combined length of the stabilizing means of said plurality of independent weapon units in the stored condition being less than the sum of the length of the individual stabilizing means when the independent weapon units are in an operative descent condition, wherein said stabilizer means is constructed as a weight attached to one of said plurality of launcher tubes and said central connecting means by flexible attaching lines, and wherein said storage accommodating means includes constructing said attaching lines sufficiently flexible to accommodate folding of said attaching lines and movement of said weight closer to said central connecting means in a stored condition.