Device providing an electrical connection between a weapon and a piece of ammunition
AssigneeGiat Industries
InventorsGilles Larroque-Lahitette, Pascal Sabourin
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Abstract
A device to provide an electrical connection between a power generator integral with a weapon and a first contact area integral with a piece of ammunition, said device comprising a conductive rod carried by a breech of the weapon and able to translate with respect to said breech in order to come into contact with said first contact area of said ammunition, said rod incorporating a pointed end ensuring the deformation of said area wherein said rod has a rack onto which meshes a pinion integral with said breech, said pinion being driven in rotation by drive means actuated when said breech is closed.
Claims8
A device providing an electrical connection between a power generator integral with a weapon and a first contact area integral with a piece of ammunition, such device comprising an electrically conductive rod carried by a breech of said weapon and able to translate with respect to said breech in order to come into contact with said first contact area of said ammunition for the electrical connection, said rod incorporating a pointed end ensuring the deformation of said area, wherein said rod has a rack onto which meshes a pinion integral with said breech, said pinion being driven in rotation by drive means actuated by closing of said breech.
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