US 12,292,263 B2
Safety assembly for training use of a laser-directed energy weapon
Andrew Peters, Filton (GB); Jon Daw, Filton (GB); Martyn Robert Jennings, Filton (GB); William Michael George Halstead, Filton (GB); Colin Bridgewater, Filton (GB); and Mark Owen, Filton (GB)
Assigned to MBDA UK LIMITED, Stevenage (GB)
Appl. No. 17/924,397
Filed by MBDA UK LIMITED, Stevenage (GB)
PCT Filed May 10, 2021, PCT No. PCT/GB2021/051119
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 10, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/229208, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2007108 (GB), filed on May 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0184519 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. F41H 13/00 (2006.01); F41A 17/08 (2006.01); F41G 3/26 (2006.01); H01S 5/00 (2006.01); F41A 33/02 (2006.01); F41G 3/32 (2006.01); F41J 2/02 (2006.01)
CPC F41H 13/0062 (2013.01) [F41A 17/08 (2013.01); F41G 3/26 (2013.01); F41G 3/2683 (2013.01); F41H 13/005 (2013.01); H01S 5/0028 (2013.01); F41A 33/02 (2013.01); F41G 3/2655 (2013.01); F41G 3/32 (2013.01); F41J 2/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A safety assembly for a laser-directed energy weapon, the safety assembly comprising:
a control system comprising a photodetector and a processing unit; and
an optical device configured to attach to a target such that, when attached, the optical device provides a light beam to the photodetector for training use of a laser-directed energy weapon,
wherein the processing unit is arranged to compare the light beam provided by the optical device and received by the photodetector against one or more predetermined attributes, and to permit the laser-directed energy weapon to fire only when the received light beam is determined to have the one or more predetermined attributes,
wherein the safety assembly has a training mode and a combat mode which is selectable using a user interface, wherein when in the combat mode, the safety assembly including the optical device is disabled and in training mode the safety assembly is activated.