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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2009
Filed:
May. 28, 2008
Ronnie Schiller, Ridgecrest, CA (US);
Wayne Goodrich, Ridgecrest, CA (US);
Ronnie Schiller, Ridgecrest, CA (US);
Wayne Goodrich, Ridgecrest, CA (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Department of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and a method to initiate a detonation utilizing an impact switch. A nose assembly is mounted upon a missile or other kind of explosive device. Within the nose assembly conductive elements are separated from one another. The conductive elements are electrically connected to a fuze within the weapon. Upon an impact, the conducting elements within the assembly are forced together thereby completing a circuit in the fuze and initiating a detonation. A method of initiating a detonation utilizes an impact switch within which forcing conducting elements together initiates a detonation.