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Inventor(s)	Ernst-Christian Koch ·
Assignee(s)	Diehl BGT Defence GmbH & Co., KG ·  View assignee updates
Attorney/Agent(s)	Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C. ·
Primary Examiner	Jerry A. Lorengo ·
Assistant Examiner	James E McDonough ·
Application Number	US11211812
Filing date	08/25/2005
Issue date	07/29/2008
Prior Publication Data	US20070251617 - 11/01/2007
Predicted expiration date	05/26/2026
Patent term adjustment	274
U.S. Classifications	149/105  · 149/102  · 149/98  · 149/92  · 149/108.4  · 102/301  · 149/88  ·
International Classifications	C06B2500  · C06B2512  · C06B2526  · C06B2534  · D03D2300  · F42B100  ·
Kind Code	B2
Foreign Priority	DE102004043991 - 09/11/2004 ·

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Abstract

An infrared decoy flare composition for generating infrared radiation, including a fuel, an oxidizing agent and a binder, wherein the decoy flare composition contains no metals or metal-containing compounds and no halogens or halogen-containing compounds. Such an infrared decoy flare composition can be particularly advantageously used in aerial infrared decoy flares for civil aircraft.

Independent Claims | See all claims (12)

1. 1. An infrared decoy flare composition comprising: a fuel, an oxidizing agent and a binder, wherein the infrared decoy flare composition generates infrared radiation and contains no metals or metal-containing compounds and no halogens or halogen-containing compounds, said fuel is selected from the group consisting of hexacyanobenzene and nitrated cyanobenzenes.
2. 12. An infrared decoy flare composition comprising: 35% by weight hexacyanobenzene, 60% by weight hexanitroethane and 5% by weight polynitropolyphenylene, wherein the infrared decoy flare composition generates infrared radiation, has emissions between 3 and 5 μm and 2 and 3 μm and contains no metals or metal-containing compounds and no halogens or halogen-containing compounds.