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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2006
Gimtong Teowee, Westlake Village, CA (US);
John A. Sudick, Saugus, CA (US);
Russ E. Rukavina, Northridge, CA (US);
Gimtong Teowee, Westlake Village, CA (US);
John A. Sudick, Saugus, CA (US);
Russ E. Rukavina, Northridge, CA (US);
Special Devices, Inc., Moorpark, CA (US);
Abstract
A hybrid electronic and electromechanical arm-fire device comprising a moving mechanical element having a safe position and an armed position, one or more pyrotechnic detonators each having an output mounted on the moving mechanical element, a pickup adjacent to the detonator output(s) that is in alignment therewith when the moving mechanical element is in the armed position but is not so aligned when the moving mechanical element is in the safe position, and electronic circuitry including a logic core having an electronic switch. The electronic circuitry may also include an electronic sensor such as a photointerruptor.