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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2015
Department of the Navy, Indian Head, MD (US);
Troy Caruso, Alexandria, VA (US);
Thinh Hoang, Beltsville, MD (US);
Daniel Jean, Odenton, MD (US);
Kevin Cochran, Falls Church, VA (US);
Andrew Jen, Alexandria, VA (US);
Scott Rauscher, Washington, DC (US);
Kristopher Nodianos, Strabane, PA (US);
The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
An apparatus used in a fuze device, which includes a MEMS micro-rotor. The micro-rotor of the apparatus may move an explosive material, for example, a fuze material, from an out-of-line position to an in-line position. The micro-rotor includes an integral cavity in which the material may be safely loaded and held in the out-of-line position. At an appropriate time, the fuze device of a fully assembled ordnance may be armed. When the apparatus is activated, the micro-rotor carefully moves the explosive material to the in-line position, where the ordnance is armed.