Remote trigger for pyrotechnic energy releases
OwnerHenning Rost, Andreas Winterinventors
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for providing a predetermined pyrotechnic energy output to a pyrotechnic separating device for separating an electrical line, such as a cable, a wire, a conductor path or the like, leading to an electrical energy source, such as a battery or an accumulator, for outputting and/or receiving electrical energy, in which: a temperature of or in the vicinity of the electrical energy source is detected; and, when the detected temperature exceeds a predetermined temperature threshold, the pyrotechnic separating device is remotely activated to separate the electrical line at a location spatially remote from the electrical energy source.
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A method of providing a predetermined pyrotechnic energy output to a pyrotechnic separating device for separating an electrical line, such as a cable, a wire, a conductor path or the like, leading to an electrical energy source, such as a battery or an accumulator, for outputting and/or receiving electrical energy, in which:
- a temperature of or in the vicinity of the electrical energy source is detected;
- and, when the detected temperature exceeds a predetermined temperature threshold, the pyrotechnic separating device is remotely activated to separate the electrical line at a location spatially remote from the electrical energy source.
A system for providing a predetermined pyrotechnic energy output to a pyrotechnic separating device for separating an electrical line, such as a cable, a wire, a conductor path or the like, leading to an electrical energy source, such as a battery or an accumulator, for outputting and/or receiving electrical energy, comprising a pyrotechnic igniter, which is exposed to the temperature of the electrical energy source and which pyrotechnically converts at a predetermined temperature, and a separate, pyrotechnic remote ignition means coupled to the igniter and couplable to the separating device, which is configured to transfer the heat released during the pyrotechnic conversion of the igniter to the pyrotechnic separating device.
Pyrotechnic remote ignition system comprising a plurality of pyrotechnic temperature sensors which are associated with an electrical energy source, such as a battery or an accumulator, or a plurality of electrical energy sources which are connected to a common electrical line carrying electrical energy, and a pyrotechnic separating device which is spatially separated from the pyrotechnic temperature sensors, which is associated with the electrical line, such as a cable, a wire, a conductor path or the like, leading to the electrical energy source for outputting and/or receiving electrical energy, the pyrotechnical separating device being coupled to the pyrotechnical temperature sensors by remote ignition means in such a way that the pyrotechnical separating device is activated by one of the remote ignition means when the pyrotechnical temperature sensor associated with the remote ignition means triggers.
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