WO2002093101A1 - Système de pointage d"une arme - Google Patents
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- WO2002093101A1 WO2002093101A1 PCT/FR2002/001452 FR0201452W WO02093101A1 WO 2002093101 A1 WO2002093101 A1 WO 2002093101A1 FR 0201452 W FR0201452 W FR 0201452W WO 02093101 A1 WO02093101 A1 WO 02093101A1
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F41—WEAPONS
- F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
- F41A27/00—Gun mountings permitting traversing or elevating movement, e.g. gun carriages
- F41A27/06—Mechanical systems
- F41A27/24—Elevating gear
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F41—WEAPONS
- F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
- F41A27/00—Gun mountings permitting traversing or elevating movement, e.g. gun carriages
- F41A27/06—Mechanical systems
- F41A27/08—Bearings, e.g. trunnions; Brakes or blocking arrangements
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F41—WEAPONS
- F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
- F41G5/00—Elevating or traversing control systems for guns
- F41G5/14—Elevating or traversing control systems for guns for vehicle-borne guns
- F41G5/24—Elevating or traversing control systems for guns for vehicle-borne guns for guns on tanks
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- the technical sector of the present invention is that of the pointing systems of a weapon ensuring its stabilization.
- a first method consists in measuring the disturbing angular speed, for example by means of a gyrometric type) and in using it to control the speed of rotation of the motorization system placed between the support and the weapon. It is therefore an anticipation command placed in parallel with a servo control of the position of the weapon on an inertial reference whose efficiency is low to attenuate the amplitude of the angular disturbances for medium frequencies.
- a gyrometric type for example by means of a gyrometric type
- Another method consists in providing a motorization making it possible to control the torque applied to the load. This principle is used to improve the efficiency of reducing the effects of angular velocity disturbances. This method is suitable for low offset values. Reference may be made, for example, to US Pat. No. 4,387,624. When the off-center between the axial position of the center of gravity and the articulation axis increases, the performances obtained deteriorate quickly by the combination of several mechanisms.
- the mounting of this weapon means that the axis of orientation towards the rear must be moved back significantly the retracting mass, with the effect of greatly increasing the decentering with its effect on the precision of the orientation, in particular during rolling.
- the object of the present invention is to provide a pointing system for a weapon mounted on a mobile carrier allowing a pre-stabilization motorization to separate the design requirements of the motorization caused by the decentralization of the weapon, from that which favors the quality of the orientation control.
- the subject of the invention is therefore a point system for pointing a weapon, characterized in that it comprises a first means of positioning the weapon according to a large deflection in point relative to a first axis of rotation offset by relative to the center of gravity of the weapon and a second means of positioning the weapon connected to the first means according to a small deflection in elevation with respect to a second axis of rotation passing through the center of gravity of the weapon.
- the first axis of rotation is located behind the center of gravity of the weapon.
- the first positioning means is articulated relative to a frame on which the weapon is mounted around the first axis of rotation.
- the first positioning means comprises a flange supporting the weapon and connected to the frame and a rotation means, the first axis of rotation being disposed between said flange and the frame.
- the rotation means ensures the rotation of the flange relative to the frame.
- the weapon is mounted rotatable relative to the flange, the second positioning means ensuring the rotation of the weapon relative to the flange around the second axis.
- the means of rotation consists of a jack.
- the second positioning means comprises a motor or a gear motor integral with the flange along the second axis of rotation.
- the second positioning means comprises a jack integral with the flange and the rod of which is connected to the weapon.
- the second positioning means comprises a jack secured to the flange and the rod of which is connected to the frame.
- the second positioning means comprises a deformable parallelogram connecting the flange to the frame and an actuator secured to a branch of the parallelogram engaged on the second axis of rotation.
- Another advantage lies in the reduction of parasitic couples between the weapon and the flange.
- FIG. 2 is a section of the weapon in front view passing through the axes of rotation
- FIG. 3 is a general view of a weapon and its mounting flange on the frame
- - Figure 4 is another section of the weapon in front view
- - Figure 5 shows the position of the axes of rotation of the weapon in a parallelogram.
- the invention consists in providing two motorizations of the weapon relative to its support.
- a first motorization or main motorization, makes it possible to orient the weapon in site roughly. This motorization makes it possible to position the weapon without any constraint.
- a second motorization makes it possible to finely orient the weapon by resting on the main motorization.
- the advantage of such a system lies in the fact that the clearance between the weapon and the flange is limited to stabilization errors, which results in a very simple embodiment.
- the dimensioning of the second motorization being linked only to the inertia of the weapon to be aimed, an efficient torque control is carried out without specific constraints.
- the weapon 1 to orient in a site made integral with a flange 2 itself rotatably mounted relative to a support 5, for example a turret, by means of pins 6 and bearings 7
- the flange 2 is in the form of a cage in which the rear part of the weapon is engaged.
- the weapon 1 is itself mounted movable relative to the flange 2 by means of pins 8 connected to an actuator 4 by means of a shaft 9 and by bearings 10.
- the pins 6 and the bearings 7 define the axis Al around which the main motorization is made according to a large clearance and the rotation of the flange 2, therefore of the weapon, relative to the support 5.
- the pins 8 and the bearings 10 define the axis A2 around which is made the secondary engine following a small clearance and the rotation of the weapon relative to the flange.
- the actuator 4 is a motor secured to the flange.
- the flange 2 and the pins 6 around which the weapon is articulated with respect to the frame 11 have been shown diagrammatically.
- the rotation of the flange 2 is obtained by means of rotation 3 constituted by a jack, the rod 12 of which is secured to the flange 2 by means of an axis 13 and the body of the frame 11.
- the weapon 1 is itself rotatably mounted relative to the flange 2 at a low amplitude to ensure its fine orientation.
- This rotation is performed here using a jack 14 whose body is secured to the flange 2 and the shaft of the weapon.
- This jack 14 prints a movement of the weapon around the pins 8 relative to its supporting structure, that is to say the flange.
- This amplitude may cover a range of the order '1.
- FIG 3 there is shown a view of a weapon 1 provided with the flange 2 surrounding the entire rear part of this weapon.
- This flange has an interface 15 for connection with the frame 11, a passage opening 16 for receiving the bearings 10 (not shown) receiving the pins 8.
- the flange is provided with a bellows 17 to close the space between the barrel of the weapon and this flange.
- a compact assembly is thus obtained ready to be mounted on a frame in an armored vehicle turret, for example a tracked vehicle.
- the pointing system allows: - a first orientation to authorize the deflection of the weapon on site and to respect the general functional and geometric constraints.
- a conventional sealing system is provided for level of this articulation represented simply by a bearing 7,
- the system according to the invention is integrated into a complex assembly making it possible to orient the weapon according to firing coordinates, to determine its position and its deviations from a set point, to measure the pointing variations during taxiing and correct any deviations measured.
- the second articulation is integral with the movable flange under the action of the first means, it is therefore this first motorization and the control of the axis Al which will also withstand the disturbances caused by friction on the joints of tightness as vertical linear accelerations.
- the seal to be put in place at the bellows 17 therefore has a relatively small dimension and the limited clearance does not require the installation of a friction system but quite simply an elastic bellows system.
- the bearings of this joint are also limited in size insofar as they do not have to integrate heavy functional constraints
- the movement of the weapon 1 relative to the flange 2 is subject to two constraints: - the movement must make it possible to absorb the stabilization errors of the first axis A1,
- the travel must be limited by the off-center between the axis of the weapon and the main pins 7.
- the force of retreat of the weapon results on the one hand, by a disturbing torque which must be supported by the main motorization and on the other hand, by the radial acceleration induced by the flange on the center of gravity of the weapon with its effect on the shooting in progress and / or on the subsequent shots (for a cadence firearm).
- an actuator 4 is provided for ensuring the small amplitude deflections of the weapon relative to the flange 2.
- This actuator can in fact be an electric geared motor whose bandwidth force servo is sufficient and of sufficiently low stiffness. It is also possible to envisage a hydraulic motorization constituted by a hydraulic cylinder with small clearance. To impose a minimum of elasticity on the oil, one can artificially increase the dead volume of each of the two chambers of the jack by small purged accumulators.
- the motorization with pressure control is used to control the absolute speed of the weapon, speed obtained directly by a gyrometer or from a gyroscope mounted on the flange 2, with derivation of the sum the gyroscopic distance and the relative position between the flange 2 and the weapon 1.
- FIG. 4 there is shown a secondary motorization constituted by a cylinder 18 whose body is secured to the frame 11 using a pin 19 and whose rod is secured to the weapon.
- This articulated jack absorbs the relative displacements between the weapon and the frame and ensures the fine motorization of the weapon.
- FIG. 5 there is shown a secondary motorization constituted by a deformable parallelogram 20 whose arm 21 connects the pins 7 and 8 and the arm 22 the pin 7 and the frame 5.
- This parallelogram is completed by a fourth point 24 at which the arms 23 and 25 are connected.
- a geared motor 26 secured to the journal 8 enables the weapon to be rotated relative to the flange 2 by bearing on the frame via the arm 25.
- any secondary motor capable of applying a torque to the cradle of the weapon with sufficient bandwidth may be used.
- a set of sensors is used: at least one angular sensor of the flange 2 relative to the orientation of the turret.
- At least one relative angular position sensor between the cradle and the flange At least one relative angular position sensor between the cradle and the flange.
- At least one gyroscopic type sensor to provide the orientation of the flange and an inertial reference allowing for example to materialize the line of sight. A derivation of this information will provide the speed of the flange by adding it to the gyroscope precession command.
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IL15889402A IL158894A0 (en) | 2001-05-17 | 2002-04-26 | Weapon aiming system |
US10/477,879 US6935218B2 (en) | 2001-05-17 | 2002-04-26 | Weapon aiming system |
DE60209120T DE60209120T2 (de) | 2001-05-17 | 2002-04-26 | Waffenrichtvorrichtung |
EP02735504A EP1395789B1 (fr) | 2001-05-17 | 2002-04-26 | Systeme de pointage d'une arme |
IL158894A IL158894A (en) | 2001-05-17 | 2003-11-16 | Weapon aiming system |
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FR0106494A FR2824896B1 (fr) | 2001-05-17 | 2001-05-17 | Systeme de pointage d'une arme |
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AT (1) | ATE317538T1 (fr) |
DE (1) | DE60209120T2 (fr) |
ES (1) | ES2256484T3 (fr) |
FR (1) | FR2824896B1 (fr) |
IL (2) | IL158894A0 (fr) |
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