Diehl Gmbh & Co.

Ralf Siewert

Werner Rudenauer

An electrical projectile detonator, particularly a base detonator or fuse which incorporates a piezoceramic cell as a current generator wherein it is possible to generate a voltage through the intermediary of the gas pressure of a pyrotechnic explosive charge. The piezoceramic cell is arranged in a tail-ended cup-like recess of the projectile base, or in a threaded base, so as to be positioned against an intermediate base element serving as an anvil and covered by a pressure plate, which by means of the gas pressure of the projectile impelling charge acting on a tail-ended closure disc or the like during the discharge of the projectile, can be pressed against the piezoceramic cell.

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Nuremberg, Germany

Ralf Siewert