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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 6295932 | Electronic safe arm and fire device An electronic safe arm & fire (ESAF) device has a common module and a pair of programmable devices that are readily configurable to different missile types. The ESAF device has a first static arming switch that is controlled by the first programmable devi... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6135028 | Penetrating dual-mode warhead A penetrating, dual-mode warhead having soft target, surface burst mode and a hard target, penetrating mode is provided. The warhead has a cylindri outer fragmenting shell which contains an explosive surround. A long-rod penetrator with an explosive pay... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5635667 | Fuse plug pyrotechnic firing device A fuse plug pyrotechnic firing device includes a body, a pyrotechnic train, firing pin and a driving device. The body has an axis and a bore disposed along the axis. The pyrotechnic train is disposed along the axis and includes an upper part and a lower p... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5063847 | Fuse for a projectile A fuse for a projectile comprises a first igniter. A rotor is rotatable to bring a second igniter and a detonator into a live position in alignment with the first igniter. The second igniter and detonator are spaced apart to define a recess therebetween. ... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5025728 | Selective point detonation/delay explosive train device A projectile fuze device selectively adjustable to allow either point dettion (PD) or delayed detonation of the explosive charge of a projectile upon impact with the target. In the PD option the selector assembly permits the centrifugal movement of the a... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4741270 | Fuse for projectile A fuse comprises a firing pin provided with a tip eccentric with respect to the longitudinal axis of the firing pin. By turning the firing pin by means of a cap in which it is mounted, the tip can be placed to face one or the other of two firing caps havi... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4739706 | Fuse for projectile A fuse comprises a cap carrying a rotor mounted in a rotatable fashion on a body with the help of a shaft and rotatable from an inactive position to an active position. A timer with an escapement permits the braking of the rotation of the rotor and has a ... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4606271 | Fuse with a piercing head for a projectile The projectile fuse comprises a piezoelectric generator located forward of a piercing part (2) and formed by a striker (5), a hammer (6) and a crystal (8). The firing device comprises a watch movement (11) providing a muzzle safety and making possible the... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4594944 | Setting ring system for electronic time fuzing A system for manually setting a timing value of an electronic fuze for an artillery projectile prior to firing without tools or electric power, and for displaying the set timing value in standard decimal format. Two adjacent setting rings, disposed about ... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4567830 | Impact fuze The impact fuze is as light as possible and protects a time-delay device against preliminary destruction at impact of the projectile in or at the target in order that the projectile can penetrate as deeply as possible into or through a hard target, for in... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4515081 | Arrangement in a fuse for projectiles with explosive charge for changing over between direct and delayed ignition of the explosive charge Arrangement in a fuse for projectiles with explosive charge for changing over between direct and delayed ignition of the explosive charge. The arrangement includes a movable contact member which in an initial position short-circuits an electrical igniter ... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4230042 | Point-detonating impact fuze This is a new point-detonating fuze for spin-stabilized munitions. The fuze has three modules housed in a two-piece body, designed to optimize the penetration capability and to adjust the weight of the fuze. The upper body carries the point-detonating mod... | 10/28/1980 |
