Electromechanical contact fuse for multipurpose aircraft ammunition
OwnerLuis Eduardo Tobón Trujilloinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to the military field. It discloses a contact fuse for multi-purpose aircraft ammunition, characterised in that it comprises an electromechanical arming system that is easy to manufacture and does not contain any explosive material inside of same. In addition, said fuse is characterised in that it comprises an alert system that reveals a possibly unsafe condition on the ground and in that it is structurally straightforward to manufacture.
Claims4
A percussion fuze for multipurpose aerial ammunition comprising:
- a. an outer main body comprising a housing cup, a front cover and a cap;
- b. an electromechanical arming system comprising an explosive train housing, a solenoid, a life pin, an ejection spring, a firing pin, a housing fitting, an aircraft's arming cable connected to said housing fitting that in a safe position blocks said solenoid which, when blocked, prevents the firing pin's alignment with an explosive train, an electronic card that energizes said solenoid when said solenoid is unblocked by means of removal of said aircraft's arming cable and release of said life pin, in order to align the firing pin with said explosive train;
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- c. an alert system comprising a LED placed in said housing cup that will send a signal in case the fuze is armed;
- wherein:
- said explosive train housing is so configured to allow said explosive train to be internally threaded thereto and to allow an explosive train multiplier to be externally threaded to said explosive train housing.
The percussion fuze for multipurpose aerial ammunition of any one of the preceding claims, wherein said percussion fuze is assembled at a front and/or back of the ammunition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.