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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2014
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Brandon J. Cundiff, Oro Valley, AZ (US);
John J. Spilotro, Tucson, AZ (US);
Wayne Y. Lee, Vail, AZ (US);
Kim L. Christianson, Oro Valley, AZ (US);
Thomas H. Bootes, Tucson, AZ (US);
Jason M. Shire, Tucson, AZ (US);
Jesse T. Waddell, Tucson, AZ (US);
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A munition has a fuze that is mounted nonparallel to the axis of the munition, for example having a largest extent that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the munition. Shocks from the fuze are transferred through a shock transfer device that is in contact with the fuze, to an initiation device that is also in contact with the shock transfer device. Shocks passing through the shock transfer device to the initiation coupler pass through a relatively narrow neck of the shock transfer device. In the shock transfer device the shock is concentrated and located precisely at the neck, before spreading out again and being transferred to the initiation device. In the initiation device the shock may detonate a high explosive material, which in turn is used to detonate a main explosive of the munition, such as a warhead.