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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Lee Harrington, Fairfield, CA (US);
Steven William McDonald, Fairfield, CA (US);
Michael Howard Tolson, Vacaville, CA (US);
Leonard Macon Smith, Vacaville, CA (US);
Assignee:
Goodrich Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C06C 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C06C 7/00 ;
Abstract
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.