Safe and arm explosive train
AssigneeRafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd.
InventorsShai Rahimi, Evgenia Golda Fradkin
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Abstract
A Safe-and-Arm system for the prevention of unintentional operation of an explosive device by interrupting a detonation train, the system employing an interruptive transfer assembly made of silicon and suitable for implementing in a MEMS device, the assembly including a silicon based transfer charge carrier on a porous explosive passageway made by etching, the passageway extending between at least two ports on the circumference of the transfer assembly, and a drive means that can mechanically bring about at least one armed state of a detonation train.
Claims13
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A mechanical interruptive transfer assembly for a Safe-and-Arm system, the mechanical interruptive transfer assembly comprising:
- a linearly shiftable transfer charge carrier comprising silicon, the linearly shiftable transfer charge carrier defining a continuous channel from an input port at the circumference of the transfer charge carrier to an output port at the circumference of the transfer charge carrier, wherein
- the continuous channel comprises porous silicon, and
- an oxidizer is associated with the continuous channel to create an explosive porous passageway.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.