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US 8,037,825 B2Granted
Primer element
AssigneeRheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH
InventorsTorsten Niemeyer, Joseph Adrianus Maria Van Dongen
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Abstract
The invention relates to a primer element, in particular for ammunition or similar, comprising at least one primer composition that has at least one sleeve acting as the housing for the primer element, at least one contact pin and a mass contact. Multiple wires, (at least two) are used, one end of said wires being connected to the contact pin and the other end of said wires to the mass contact. The multiple wires are embedded in the primer composition(s).
Claims16
A primer element, comprising:
- at least one sleeve as a housing;
- at least one primer charge arranged in the housing;
- at least one contact pin having a first end in contact with the primer charge and a second end extending out of the housing;
- a ground contact;
- and at least two multi-wires connected at one end to the contact pin and at the other end to the ground contact, the wires being embedded in the at least one primer charge.
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