ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,697, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to RAFAEL ADVANCED DEFENSE SYSTEMS LTD. (Haifa, Israel).
"System and method for testing optical proximity fuses" was invented by Dov Tibi (Givat Ela, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system (10) for testing a laser proximity fuse (PF) (12) by simulating a closing velocity to a target along a line of sight (14) includes a static spiral surface (16) and a support arrangement (18) for supporting the proximity fuse (12) with the line of sight (14) directed towards an inside of static spiral surface (16). A folding mirror (20) is driven by a drive motor (22) so as to deflect the line of sight (1...