US 12,259,220 B2
Weight-based decoy system with a path controller
Francois-Sylvain Crosnier, Voisins le Bretoneux (FR); and Rudy Southway, Gif sur Ivette (FR)
Assigned to Sera Engenierie, Villebon sur Ivette (FR)
Appl. No. 18/561,326
Filed by Sera Engenierie, Villebon sur Ivette (FR)
PCT Filed May 24, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/064099
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 16, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/248495, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 1, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2105187 (FR), filed on May 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0255263 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. F41H 11/30 (2011.01)
CPC F41H 11/30 (2013.01) 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for steering a convoy (1) comprising a following vehicle (2) to be protected and a weight-based mine-clearing system (4), the method comprising the following steps:
steering a yaw-direction steering command of the weight-based mine-clearing system (4) on the basis of a route to be followed, the weight-based mine-clearing system (4) defining a lane made safe by the passage of at least one wheelset (5) designed to apply pressure to the ground;
steering the following vehicle (2) so wheels follow a path falling inside said safe lane defined by the weight-based mine-clearing system (4);
wherein the step of steering the following vehicle (2) comprises a step of commanding the yaw direction of the following vehicle (2) by a steering actuator (18) of the following vehicle (2), the steering actuator (18) being commanded by a steering computer (17) connected to at least one environment sensor (19) of the following vehicle (2) and designed to steer the path of the following vehicle (2) so that the wheels of the following vehicle (2) fall inside the safe lane defined by the weight-based mine-clearing system (4).