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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2007
Gerald Laib, Olney, MD (US);
Daniel Jean, Odenton, MD (US);
David Olson, Chesapeake Beach, MD (US);
Michael Beggans, Waldorf, MD (US);
Gerald Laib, Olney, MD (US);
Daniel Jean, Odenton, MD (US);
David Olson, Chesapeake Beach, MD (US);
Michael Beggans, Waldorf, MD (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A MEMS mechanical initiator having a striker arm extending from a striker body. The tip of the striker arm is adjacent to, but does not touch, the side of a microdetonator. A cocking and release mechanism moves the striker body such that the striker arm pulls away from the side of the microdetonator against the action of a set of springs connected to the striker body. Thereafter the cocking and release mechanism releases the striker body such that the tip of the striker arm swipes the side of the microdetonator causing initiation thereof.