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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7156024 | Device for warhead charges for cargo ammunition units A warhead charge device (18, 18′, 18″, 18′″) arranged to carry liquid explosive (11), and which device is for use in an ammunition cargo unit such as a missile. The device incorporates at least two confined spaces (2, 6, 9) equipped with... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7089862 | Water pod A water pod for assisting a user in extinguishing forest fires includes a hollow shell constructed with a biodegradable plastic that ruptures upon impact when dropped from an aircraft. The shell includes a fill port allowing it to be filled with water or another fla... | 08/15/2006 |
| 6968785 | Locking and stabilizing device for grenades The locking and stabilizing device for grenades utilizes a solid nylon ring and multiple nylon ribbons that are attached to the ring at regular intervals around its circumference. During storage, the ring surrounds and locks the slider of the grenade in its storage ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6919840 | Integration of a semi-active laser seeker into the DSU-33 proximity sensor A proximity sensor for use with a guidance system of a smart bomb including a ranging radar proximity sensor configured for mounting on a smart bomb and a radome connected to the ranging radar proximity sensor. A laser radiation sensor system is attached to the prox... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6640719 | Fuze explosive train device and method A fuze explosive train device for detonating a munition that uses a stab firing pin within a pressure cartridge, with the stab firing pin located between a gas generator and a stab detonator. The firing pin is capable of transferring an energy from the ga... | 11/04/2003 |
| 5723811 | Warhead having a core generating charge A warhead includes an explosive charge placed in a confinement casing and bounded towards a front portion by a liner, the entire warhead having an axis of symmetry of revolution. A detector is provided in front of the charge and processing and command cir... | 03/03/1998 |
| 4867035 | Activating device with safety system for a charge releasable from a carrier A charge releasable from a carrier, such as a charge having to be activated at the moment of release, is provided with an activating device with a safety system to prevent its untimely activation. The triggering means are activated by means of the activat... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4799429 | Programming circuit for individual bomblets in a cluster bomb A bomblet within a cluster bomb is provided with an individually programmable detonation time delay, such that the bomblet can be programmed to detonate at a desired time after it has been dropped. Program signals are transmitted to the bomblet from a wir... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4509427 | Tail fin firing device A straight pull cock and fire device is used which permits launching of t fin fire devices. The pressure cartridge produces gas which is routed to a pusher piston through a combined ported manifold and firing device pusher assembly mounting unit. In-line... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4488488 | Warhead safety and ribbon chute holder A device which serves as a safety mechanism for a warhead to prevent accital detonation thereof. The warhead includes a chute in the form of a ribbon which is folded thereon prior to flight of the warhead to a target. The device serves to releasably secu... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4389940 | Antipersonnel mine An antipersonnel mine is shown, a plurality of such mines being adapted to be loaded into a round of ammunition for dispersal and subsequent detonation at random instants. The timing for detonation of each mine is determined by the discharge of a capacito... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4088055 | Arming device An arming device for selectively causing a bomb or other munition to be discharged in a safe or an armed condition, the device having a rotatable detent mechanism with a slot in which a loop on the end of an arming wire is releasably secured. When the mun... | 05/09/1978 |
| 4037517 | Fuze activation device An activation device to initiate functioning of a bomb fuze upon ejection the bomb from an aircraft comprises a tube filled with a fluid or semi-fluid and attached to the skin of the bomb, between the support lugs and beneath the ejection mechanism. One ... | 07/26/1977 |
| 3998124 | Bomb rack arming unit A solenoid operated arming unit under the control of an aircraft pilot wh allows the pilot to selectively eject an armed or unarmed weapon at his discretion. To release an armed weapon, the solenoid is energized to thereby lock opposed jaws about a ball ... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3990370 | Safety device for bomb fuse charging Disclosed herein is an environmental charging system for providing energy electrically fused bombs without the need for external charging equipment. The system comprises an electrically fused bomb having conventional existing charging well which charging... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3983784 | Arming-wire pull-out extension member Means permitting the fin-arming wire of a bomb to be permanently secured to he bomb at one end rather than to the bomb rack or anything affixed to the aircraft. The means comprises a wire or cable looped back on itself and looped thru a metal ring at one e... | 10/05/1976 |
| 3968748 | Target discriminating bomblet A target discriminating antipersonnel/antimaterial cluster weapon capable distinguishing between hard and soft targets. Upon striking a hard target such as armor or concrete, shear rivets are defeated causing a striker to plunge a firing pin into a stab ... | 07/13/1976 |
