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US 6,644,204 B2Granted
Base for ammunition intended to receive an electrical igniter squib
AssigneeGiat Industries
InventorsJean François Pierrot, Jean Luc Taillandier
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Abstract
An ammunition base with an electrical igniter located in an axial bore within a cylindrical base, wherein the base is made of a metallic material coated with an electrically insulating material and has at least one non-insulated conductive area constituted by a ring-shaped bearing area of a shoulder of the base or by at least one non-insulated conductive ring crimped into a housing arranged in the base.
Claims10
An ammunition base with electrical igniter, comprising:
- an electrical igniter;
- a base comprising a bottom and a cylindrical rim attached to said bottom, said bottom having an axial bore containing the electrical igniter, wherein said base comprises a metallic material coated on substantially all its surfaces with an electrically insulating material and said base has at least one non-insulated conductive area comprising at least one non-insulated conductive ring crimped into a housing in said base or a ring-shaped bearing area on a shoulder on said bottom.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.