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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2007
David C. Lynch, Burlington, CT (US);
Ronald M. Dufrane, North Granby, CT (US);
Jeffrey M. Kezerian, Simsbury, CT (US);
Jack C. Cotner, Madisonville, KY (US);
David C. Lynch, Burlington, CT (US);
Ronald M. Dufrane, North Granby, CT (US);
Jeffrey M. Kezerian, Simsbury, CT (US);
Jack C. Cotner, Madisonville, KY (US);
Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defence Company, Simsbury, CT (US);
Abstract
An initiator assembly () is factory-pre-assembled and comprises an initiation fixture () secured to a triggering device (). The initiation fixture () comprises a unitary body, i.e., one without moving parts, and includes a bushing groove () to receive as an accessory an O-ring () to seal the device within the barrel () of the triggering device (). A fuse/fixture sub-assembly () includes an initiation charge () disposed at the firing face () and a signal-transmission fuse (). The initiation fixture () may be a 'universal' fixture having thereon optional external threads () and being otherwise dimensioned and configured to be received within either an internally threaded barrel () of a triggering device () or the barrel () of a triggering device which utilizes a fuse-holder cap (). The initiator assembly () may include a spool () on which the signal-transmission tube () is wound.