Ammunition and explosives – Igniting devices and systems – Multiple mode fuzes
Patent
1998-06-16
2000-11-07
Lavinder, Jack W
Ammunition and explosives
Igniting devices and systems
Multiple mode fuzes
102500, 102206, F42C 918
Patent
active
061420808
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus mountable in a projectile for utilization with a rotor-type safing and arming mechanism for post-launch self-neutralization of a spinning projectile having a fused warhead and a stab detonator, including a launch-activated battery, an electric detonator positioned sufficiently close to the stab detonator to initiate the stab detonator upon initiation of the electric detonator, and a spin decay switch circuit operatively interconnecting a charged storage capacitor and the electric detonator upon substantial cessation of projectile spin, for delivering power sufficient to initiate the electric detonator. The apparatus includes a storage capacitor charging circuit activated by launch-induced forces. The apparatus further includes a pre-launch shorting circuit electrically connected in parallel with the electric detonator and deactivated by launch forces, and a "bleed" circuit connected in parallel with the battery activated by launch-induced forces.
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General Dynamics Armament Systems, Inc.
Lavinder Jack W
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