Patent ID: 8881636
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: F41H

Abstract:
1. A system for protecting a vehicle from projectiles, the system comprising: a detection component to detect one or more projectiles having a first trajectory that is incident to a first location on the vehicle; a selection component to automatically select two or more rockets mounted on the vehicle that, when ignited, produce a plurality of exhaust streams configured to deflect the one or more projectiles to a second trajectory that is not incident to the first location on the vehicle, wherein each of the plurality of exhaust streams affect a trajectory of a same projectile of the one or more projectiles; and an ignition component to ignite the selected two or more rockets; wherein the selection component selects a first rocket to create a first exhaust stream in a first direction and selects a second rocket to create a second exhaust stream in a second direction, wherein the first rocket and the second rocket comprise fixed orientations, wherein the direction of the second exhaust stream is at least partially orthogonal to the direction of the first exhaust stream, and wherein the first rocket and the second rocket are positioned such that, when burning at the same time, the first exhaust stream and second exhaust stream combine to create a combined exhaust stream to deflect the one or more projectiles.