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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8104405 | Ammunition firing device incorporating a firing pin An ammunition firing device incorporating a firing pin intended to impact a pyrotechnic composition to activate its ignition, wherein said firing pin incorporates a rod that slides when said ammunition is fired through the effect of the firing acceleration from a st... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7316186 | Air-powered electro-mechanical fuze for submunition grenades A fuze for a submunition comprises a fuze housing with a stabilizer ribbon for aerodynamic orientation, a fuze slider released by tension on the stabilizer ribbon, an air-powered electric generator extended into the airstream by the fuze slider and powered in flight... | 01/08/2008 |
| 6463855 | Fuse device for a mortar shell A fuse device for a mortar shell includes an impact weight carrying a detonation charge and arranged to impact against a firing pin when the mortar shell strikes a target. A safety arm locks the impact weight against movement toward the firing pin in a sa... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6279480 | Firing pin assembly for a warhead detonator A firing pin assembly for mechanically igniting a warhead detonator of a projectile by being accelerated in a forward direction by inertia upon impact, includes a firing pin having a rearward firing pin part and a frontal firing pin part arranged in serie... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6240848 | Device for firing a pyrotechnic propellent composition A device for firing a pyrotechnic propellent composition having a sensor mass (3) which for firing purposes releases a locking lever (4) which in the rest position bears lockingly against a ring (9) of the firing pin (1).... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6237495 | Self-destructing impact fuse A self destructing impact fuse including a cylindrical firing pin having a hollow centrifugal chamber for holding a number of spheres and a number of radial openings on its surface for exposing portions of the spheres when the chamber is spun. At one end ... | 05/29/2001 |
| 5483846 | Impact sensing apparatus An impact sensing apparatus includes a container, a weight swingably supported in the container and which is swung by an impact exceeding a predetermined value, an output member rotatably supported in the container and which engages the weight, the output... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5454322 | Shock detecting device A shock detecting device includes a housing, a weight disposed in the housing and moved by a shock which is more than a predetermined value from outside, an output member rotatably disposed in the housing and rotated in response to the movement of the wei... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5431102 | Mechanical acceleration sensor A mechanical acceleration sensor includes a sensor casing, a weight, a spring-loaded firing pin, and a latch lever, the weight, the firing pin, and the latch lever, each being movably mounted in the sensor casing in such a manner as to either translate al... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5363710 | Impact sensing apparatus An impact sensing apparatus is comprised of a housing having therein an inner space, and a unitary assembly independent of the housing upon constitution thereof, accommodated within the housing so as to be secured thereto, and including a frame accommodat... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5357816 | Shock detecting device An impact sensing apparatus includes a housing having a wall portion which is parallel with the applied direction of an outside shock and a hole which is formed in the wall portion, a weight disposed in the housing and moved by an outside shock which is m... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5193407 | Shock detecting device A hole 13 though which a firing pin 6a of a firing lever 6 is projected outside a housing 1 is formed in a wall 1c of the housing which is in parallel with a direction of an external shock applied to the housing 1. This structure ensures the rotational an... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5142922 | Impact sensing apparatus An impact sensing apparatus includes a housing, a weight freely rotatably and movably supported within the housing at a position offset from the centroid of the weight, a firing lever pivotally supported on the housing for engaging the weight, and a sprin... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5024157 | Shock detecting device A shock detecting device having a housing, a weight disposed within the housing and rotatably slidable in response to an external shock. A cam is formed on the weight for engaging or disengaging the firing lever by the rotational sliding of the weight. A ... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4889068 | Deceleration sensor A deceleration sensor for detecting a threshold level of deceleration indicative of a vehicle collision, comprising a pair of sensor masses in the form of pendulums, a spring-loaded firing pin, a pair of trigger levers which individually hold the firing p... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4782757 | Fuse assembly for military projectile A compact, self-contained fuse assembly for producing a near surface burst of a military projectile such as a mortar shell.... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4632033 | Detonator for rifle grenades or the like A fuze of the type used in a rifle grenade assembly with a striker, a rotor nd a rotor lock includes one or more improvements. One pertains to the striker to prevent it from reaching a detonator-striking forward position more than once. Once it advances to... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4421031 | Percussion fuse for training projectiles A percussion fuse for artillery training ammunition such as mortar and howitzer projectiles. The training fuse assembly includes a body adapted for connection to a projectile body, a composition signal charge mountable within the fuse body and emitting re... | 12/20/1983 |
