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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2010
Applicants:
Gerrit Sutherland, Churchville, MD (US);
Harold W. Sandusky, Fulton, MD (US);
Inventors:
Gerrit Sutherland, Churchville, MD (US);
Harold W. Sandusky, Fulton, MD (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42C 15/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F42C 15/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
A warhead fuse mechanism is used to prevent an accidental explosive event of a warhead by separating the booster lead into a plurality of booster lead segments, with each of the individual booster lead segments having a diameter less than the failure diameter of the booster lead explosive. A separating device separates the booster lead segments from each other to maintain the failure diameter until detonation is desired.