US Government As Represented by the Secretary of the Army

Jesse Sunderland

Leon Moy

Viral Panchal

Jason R Cahayla

Daniel Lee Prillaman

James Grassi

Jason Wasserman

Richard Lc Wu

Patrick Mark

Kevin Mulligan

There is provided a mold apparatus and process whereby a warhead body can be fabricated in a single over molding process which may also include therein metal fragments, metal balls, obturators, boat tails and other aerodynamic features, metal rings and/or threads. Other molds and processes are presented whereby a warhead body may be over molded in a polymer matrix in sequential steps which may include adding therein metal balls, then fragments, and any of obturators, boat tails and other aerodynamic features, metal rings and/or threads, as desired. Still another process for fabricating a warhead body is presented whereby an insert section is first preloaded with metal fragments and covered with a skin, then the insert section is inserted into an oversized area in a mold, and polymer is then loaded around the insert section to form a unitary warhead body.

Method for sequentially fabricating a cartridge casebody through injection molding

A pressure switch is provided to arm a munition's fuze mechanism upon launch. The switch operation is based upon extreme gas pressures experienced during launch of the munition. The switch includes a piston contained in a housing. The piston translates due to launch pressures. The piston translation then causes a copper puck component to contact nearby electrical stab pins, to close a circuit. The closed circuit is then used to electrically arm the fuze mechanism.

High pressure isolated latching safety switch device

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Franklin, NJ, United States of America

Jesse Sunderland