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US 2004/0000248 A1Published application
Initiator with a bridgewire in contact with slurry-loaded pyrotechnic charge at a position of relatively low void formation
OwnerVahan Avetisian, Robert N. Renzinventors
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Abstract
A pyrotechnic initiator with a bridgewire in contact with a slurry-loaded pyrotechnic charge at a position of relatively low void formation, at an edge of the charge.
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An initiator comprising:
- a) a header assembly including a top, an eyelet, a glass insulator, and a first pin;
- b) an exposed electrical initiating element at said top of said header assembly;
- c) a first ignition charge adjacent to said top surface of said header assembly, said ignition charge being adjacent to and in heat-transferring relationship with said electrical initiating element;
- and,
- d) said first ignition charge being a dried slurry, said first ignition charge being in contact with said electrical initiating element at an edge of said first ignition charge.
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A method of making an initiator, comprising the following steps:
- a) providing a header assembly including a top, an eyelet, a glass insulator, and a first pin;
- b) providing an exposed electrical initiating element at said top of said header assembly;
- c) loading a first ignition charge in the form of a slurry, adjacent to said top surface of said header assembly and in heat-transferring relationship with said electrical initiating element;
- and,
- d) drying said first ignition charge so that said first ignition charge remains in heat-transferring relationship with said electrical initiating element at an edge of said first ignition charge.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.