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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Orbital Atk, Inc., Dulles, VA (US);
Inventors:
Mark A. Thompson, Zionsville, IN (US);
Steven M. Robbins, West Haven, UT (US);
Michael Geslin, Smithfield, UT (US);
Assignee:
Orbital ATK, Inc., Plymouth, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B 4/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B 4/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
Retention clips for safety mechanisms of illumination flares include an abutment surface configured for abutment of an end of a rigid sleeve coupled to an igniter initiation cable and one or more protrusions configured to extend at least partially over a lateral side surface of the rigid sleeve when the rigid sleeve is retained by the clip. Safety mechanisms, illumination flares, and methods for igniting illumination flares involve such retention clips.