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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7360486 | Safety system for the ignition chain of a projectile fuze A small arms projectile for a small arms weapon, which projectile comprises a warhead having an explosive charge, an initiator, and a firing pin. The initiator has safe and armed conditions and is capable of detonating the explosive charge of the warhead when the in... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7258068 | Safety and arming apparatus and method for a munition A safety and arming mechanism for a munition having a housing with a first detonator and an explosive mounted within the housing and in alignment with one another. A shaft is mounted within the housing. A first component is rotatingly fixed to the shaft and is movea... | 08/21/2007 |
| 6415717 | Line charge assembly and system for use in shallow-water clearing operations A line charge assembly and system are provided for use in a shallow-water obstruction clearing operation. Each assembly has a propulsion unit capable of flight through the air, a line charge array, an air-safed water-armed fuze, a first interrupter dispos... | 07/09/2002 |
| 5153370 | Safe and arm device with variable arming delay by liquid explosive A safe and arm device, which has an explosive train interrupted by a void establish a safe condition, has the void filled with a liquid explosive to establish an armed condition. The void may be in a manometer-like device in which the liquid explosive is... | 10/06/1992 |
| 4653402 | Projectile fuse A projectile fuse includes a carrier for an igniter. The carrier is held in a safety position by a safety element, which under the effect of centrifugal force moves to release the carrier. The safety element comprises a piston guided in a bore formed in t... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4643096 | Safety and arming mechanism A set back weight is moved by inertial force from a first position to a second position during acceleration of a missile. The set back weight is biased toward its first position to preclude its movement to its second position until the missile undergoes t... | 02/17/1987 |
