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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1997
Jim W Blain, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Robert Arthur Nelson, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Duane D Grosskrueger, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
John J Smith, Littleton, CO (US);
Michael D Krohn, Littleton, CO (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
A separation system for separating a first section from a second section is disclosed. In one embodiment, the separation system includes first and second doublers for initially interconnecting the first and second sections, an expandable explosive system contained in a cavity defined by the first and second doublers and first and second sections, and a slide plane including first and second slide members, the first and second slide members slidably engagable with each other for at least initially guiding the first section away from and relative to the second section upon severance of the first and second doublers.