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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 1986
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
James E Gause, Severna Park, MD (US);
Ronald E Armiger, Millersville, MD (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
102378 ; 367-4 ; 102387 ; 89-154 ;
Abstract
A separable joint for a two-part oceonographic sensor package wherein the two parts are cylindrically shaped and joined by a cylinder of chemically tempered glass. A pyrotechnic device inside the unit will, upon command, activate to shatter the glass thereby effecting separation. A second and similar pyrotechnic device is provided for redundancy.