Patent classifications
F42C15/188
Arming and safety device
An arming and safety device for a pyrotechnic chain, the device including a housing presenting an inlet zone for a pyrotechnic stream and an outlet zone for the pyrotechnic stream, an arming element housed in the housing between the inlet and outlet zones and adapted to move between a disarmed position in which it blocks the passage of the pyrotechnic stream and an armed position in which it allows the pyrotechnic stream to pass, and an electric motor for driving the arming element. The stator of the electric motor is situated outside the housing, and the rotor is contained entirely inside the housing.
Safe-and-arm device
The present invention describes a safe-and-arm device, mechanism or assembly (160) for a projectile (100,102) equipped with a second-stage propellant (124). The second-stage propellant (124) is ignited after the projectile has been ejected out from a launcher barrel. A lockpin (190), being urged by a spring (194), is responsive to ignition of the second-stage propellant; after the lockpin (190) and spring (194) sense and respond to the second propulsion, an unbalanced rotor (164) forming part of the safe-and-arm device or assembly (160), is released to rotate from a safe state to an armed state, as the projectile continues traveling along its trajectory to a target. In one embodiment, the projectile is configured with a 40 mm cartridge containing a first propellant (122). An impact sensor may trigger an electric detonator or a point detonator may trigger a stab detonator to set off explosives disposed in the projectile.
Safe-and-arm device
The present invention describes a safe-and-arm device, mechanism or assembly (160) for a projectile (100,102) equipped with a second-stage propellant (124). The second-stage propellant (124) is ignited after the projectile has been ejected out from a launcher barrel. A lockpin (190), being urged by a spring (194), is responsive to ignition of the second-stage propellant; after the lockpin (190) and spring (194) sense and respond to the second propulsion, an unbalanced rotor (164) forming part of the safe-and-arm device or assembly (160), is released to rotate from a safe state to an armed state, as the projectile continues traveling along its trajectory to a target. In one embodiment, the projectile is configured with a 40 mm cartridge containing a first propellant (122). An impact sensor may trigger an electric detonator or a point detonator may trigger a stab detonator to set off explosives disposed in the projectile.
SAFETY DEVICE FOR AN IGNTTER. USE OF THE SAFETY DEVICE AND METHOD OF ACTTVATTNG AN IGNTTER WITIT TIITS SAFETY DEVIC E
The invention relates to a safety device (1) for an igniter (2) comprising an ignition element (3), a rotation element (4) comprising a detonator charge (5), an axial safety (6) and a rotation safety (7), wherein the rotation element (4) can be held in a specific, first rotation element position (4.1) by means of the axial safety (6), wherein the rotation element can also be held in the specific, first rotation element position (4.1) by means of the rotation safety (7), wherein a wall (8) of the rotation element (4) protects the detonator charge (5) in the specific, first rotation element position (4.1), front ignition by the ignition element (3).
SAFETY DEVICE FOR AN IGNTTER. USE OF THE SAFETY DEVICE AND METHOD OF ACTTVATTNG AN IGNTTER WITIT TIITS SAFETY DEVIC E
The invention relates to a safety device (1) for an igniter (2) comprising an ignition element (3), a rotation element (4) comprising a detonator charge (5), an axial safety (6) and a rotation safety (7), wherein the rotation element (4) can be held in a specific, first rotation element position (4.1) by means of the axial safety (6), wherein the rotation element can also be held in the specific, first rotation element position (4.1) by means of the rotation safety (7), wherein a wall (8) of the rotation element (4) protects the detonator charge (5) in the specific, first rotation element position (4.1), front ignition by the ignition element (3).