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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6284990 | Bore rider switch A safety switch is provided to detect when a tube launched which exits the tube. The switch is located within the vehicle having a switch plunger extending to the periphery of the vehicle. The plunger is biased to provide outward pressure against a lever ... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6079333 | GPS controlled blaster A blasting system using the global positioning system (GPS) for timing the detonations for a shaped blast. The blasting system includes a master station including a master GPS receiver for determining a GPS-based time and a master transceiver in communica... | 06/27/2000 |
| 5821447 | Safety and arming device A safety and arming device interconnecting a bomb with a target detector ures safe mine laying deployment thereof through a detonation explosive train that is armed in delayed response to payout of a lanyard under enablement control exercised by a hydrod... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5396845 | Modular fuze A fuze or igniter provided with an adjustable electronic unit (24), a separate energy supply (40) as well as a mechanical safety device (26). In order for this fuze to be independent of the weapons system and not be bound to a particular type of payload, ... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5113766 | Mine control device An arrangement for programming the control of a mine including a pin (16) made of a material having a predeterminable magnetic permeability and inserted into a blind bore-like opening in a mine housing (12). Via a coil disposed in the interior of the mine... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5005482 | Combined mine safety deployment and activation system A naval mine combined fail-safe deployment and activation system which, ar the mine has been dropped from an aircraft, deploys a parachute to slow its descent and thereafter arms a target detection device when the mine has settled into the water to a pre... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4708062 | Arming device for sea mines Arming device for sea mines comprising an electric detonator, a transfer charge and an interruptor which can be inserted between the detonator and the transfer charge for separating the detonator and the transfer charge; the detonator is arranged as part ... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4635554 | Demolition device and method of preparing same An underwater demolition device has magnets for holding the device on a ferrous structure and a plunger which, once the device has been planted, is held in a retracted position by the structure on which the device is held. If the device is moved from the ... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4632035 | Arming method and devices for firing a submarine weapon The present invention relates to arming methods and devices for firing a submarine weapon. A device according to the present invention comprises a piston connected by a strip to a bistable arming organ. The piston shifts inside a cylindrical body between ... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4369709 | Underwater detonating device An underwater ignition device is provided comprising a rotor, a detonator disposed at the rotor, a locking pin secured in position by a safety pin, a release pin maintained in position by the locking pin, a first water pressure safety device normally enga... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4207819 | Helicopter destroyer 1. A helicopter destructor comprising in combination, a hydrophone channel, a microphone channel, a barometer channel, an AND gate connected to the outputs of said hydrophone, microphone, and ometer channels, an explosive means, and means connected to the outputs ... | 06/17/1980 |
