Ammunition and explosives – Igniting devices and systems – Electrical primer or ignitor
Patent
1991-08-06
1992-09-08
Brown, David H.
Ammunition and explosives
Igniting devices and systems
Electrical primer or ignitor
1022028, 1022029, 1022755, 10227511, F42B 314, F42C 1912
Patent
active
051448939
ABSTRACT:
A safe ordnance initiation system which is safe for normal handling, expoe to strong electromagnet fields, and electrostatic discharge comprises a firing circuit which provides a method for rapidly and efficiently connecting (switching) a charged capacitor to an electrical discharge inititation element; an enclosed and environmentally protected electrical discharge initiation element which provides a means of rapidly dissipating the capacitor charge and converting it to a shock wave and thermal/plasma energy output; a transmission line shock tubing which is connected to the electrical discharge initiation element at one end which is terminated in a target element at the other end thereof; and a target element having the capability for interacting with a predetermined output energy level of shock charge and thermal/plasma energy transmitted through the transmission line shock transfer tube to achieve a desired result for igniting or detonating the target element depending on the type of end termination employed for an ordnance initiating system.
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Betts Robert E.
Zeman Samuel
Brown David H.
Bush Freddie M.
Nicholson Hugh P.
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
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