Ammunition and explosives – Igniting devices and systems
Patent
1975-11-07
1977-05-03
Engle, Samuel W.
Ammunition and explosives
Igniting devices and systems
102 56SC, F42C 1100, F42C 100, F42C 1302, F42C 1102
Patent
active
040207650
ABSTRACT:
In a warhead assembly having an explosive and a detonator for activating d explosive, a fuze comprising a triboluminescent material coated on the interior portion of said assembly, a photo-sensitive detector for detecting the light caused by said triboluminescent material upon impact of said warhead assembly, and means responsive to said photo-sensitive detector and communicating with said detonator so as to cause the detonator to activate and detonate the explosive.
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patent: 2457393 (1948-12-01), Muffly
patent: 3373687 (1968-03-01), Simmons
patent: 3485461 (1969-12-01), Katsanis
patent: 3613585 (1971-10-01), Dubroff
patent: 3837282 (1974-09-01), Marrow
Dante James G.
Glass, deceased Coy M.
Edelberg Nathan
Elbaum Saul
Engle Samuel W.
Gibson Robert P.
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
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