Goodrich Corporation

Universal Propulsion Company, Inc.

Michael Howard Tolson

David Harrington

Steven McDonald

Leonard Smith

Leonard Macon Smith

Gregory B Dougherty

A linear ignition fuze has a sheath, the inner surface of which has an irregular cross section such that the sheath is capable of forming a gas channel against a single strand core having a substantially circular (e.g. circular or elliptical) cross section. According to one embodiment of the invention, the sheath wall is of a non-uniform thickness having a cylindrical outer surface and a polygonal inner surface. The gap formed between the apexes of the polygonal inner surface and the substantially cylindrical core form the gas channels, while the contact between the side walls of the polygonal inner surface and the cylindrical core confine the core within the sheath.

Linear ignition fuze with shaped sheath

Low energy fuse for use in transmitting shock waves. The fuse consists of a hollow plastic tube fabricated of an ethylene-chlorotrifluoroethylene terpolymer, with a coating of reactive powder on an inner wall of the tube. The terpolymer contains a third polymer which enhances adhesion of the powder to the tube, and in the disclosed embodiment, the third polymer is hexafluoroisobutylene.

Low energy fuse

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Michael Howard Tolson