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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2001
Kathleen F. Hodge, Lakewood, CA (US);
David K. Hoffmaster, Long Beach, CA (US);
William W. Mogan, Rochester, MN (US);
Marion E. Fines, Mesa, AZ (US);
Daniel V. Haun, Chandler, AZ (US);
Northrop Grumman Corporation, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Abstract
A fuze for a submunition is miniaturized in size by forming the fuze of a micro-electromechanical systems (“MEMS”) velocity sensor ( and ), a MEMs shock detector ( ), a DC power supply ( ) and one of the MEMs arm-fire device ( , FIG. ) or MEMs safe and arm device ( , FIG. ). Multiple fuzes may be incorporated in a fuze to ensure detonation of the explosive charge, should one fuze fail. A millimeter-microwave (“MMW”) receiver-decoder may be included to permit remote detonation on command from a remote transmitter ( ) and/or a microprocessor ( ) may be included to time the detonation to the physical characteristics of the target.