Patent ID: 11958627
Assignee: MBDA UK LIMITED
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F  G | IPC B  F  G

Claim 0:
1. A method of determining the relative positions of components of a munitions system, the munitions system comprising a first component and at least one second component, the method comprising:
monitoring the output of a resonant circuit provided on the first component, the resonant circuit having a resonant frequency;
detecting a change in the output due to a change in the resonant frequency caused by a change in the relative positions of the first component and the at least one second component;
using the detected change to determine that the at least one second component has moved relative to the first component; and
monitoring the resonant frequency of the resonant circuit over a period of time, and using detected changes in the resonant frequency to determine movement of the at least one second component relative to the first component, wherein using the detected changes to determine whether the at least one second component has moved relative to the first component comprises determining the separation distance and/or angle of separation between the first component and the at least one second component.