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Helmut Sommer Phones & Addresses

  • East Aurora, NY
  • Bethesda, MD
  • Chantilly, VA
  • Galveston, TX
  • 1907 Blakeley Rd, East Aurora, NY 14052 (301) 530-7387

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Position: Professional/Technical

Education

Degree: Graduate or professional degree

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Us Patents

Means For Suppressing Oscillator-Generated Noise In Doppler Proximity Fuzes

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US Patent:
41080750, Aug 22, 1978
Filed:
Apr 9, 1959
Appl. No.:
3/805348
Inventors:
Wilbur S. Hinman - Arlington VA
Helmut Sommer - Bethesda MD
Louis M. Tozzi - Takoma Park MD
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army - Washington DC
International Classification:
F42C 1304
US Classification:
102214
Abstract:
1. In a doppler proximity fuzing system including an oscillating detector oviding diode detection, an antenna to which the output of said oscillating detector is coupled, and an amplifier to which the detected signal from said oscillating detector is fed, the improvement comprising means for suppressing oscillator-generated noise, said means including a 45. degree. r-f phase shift network connected between the output of said oscillating detector and said antenna, diode detection means connected to said antenna and poled oppositely to the diode detection provided by said oscillating detector, the detected signal from said diode detection means being fed to said amplifier along with the detected signal from said oscillating detector, and means to which at least one of said detected signals is fed prior to application to said amplifier for adjusting the magnitude of the detected oscillator-generated noise appearing in one of said detected signals to be substantially equal to the magnitude of the detected oscillator-generated noise appearing in the other of said signals.

Lumped Neutralization Coil Arrangement For Inductance Fuze

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US Patent:
41649052, Aug 21, 1979
Filed:
Dec 22, 1971
Appl. No.:
5/211140
Inventors:
Hans W. Kohler - Sarasota FL
Helmut Sommer - Bethesda MD
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army - Washington DC
International Classification:
F42C 1308
F42C 1900
US Classification:
102212
Abstract:
An inductance fuze for armor defeating shells and missiles that utilizes ped neutralization, i. e. , cancellation of an AC voltage, induced by a primary coil in a sensing coil under free-space conditions, by an equal and opposite voltage. The lumped neutralizing voltage is obtained from a neutralizing coil that is also coupled to the primary. Adjustment of neutralization is made by translating axially either the sensing coil, the neutralizing coil or both relative to the primary coil. The physical configurations of the coils can be adjusted to be accommodated within the fuze ogive as long as a certain relationship involving the number of turns and the flux amplitudes is maintained.
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