High shock survivable fuze
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorFred Gunther Filsinger
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Abstract
A high shock survivable fuze, system, and method are presented. At least one shock-survivable fuze that survives a high shock environment comprises a timer, a detonator, and a protective housing. The timer sends a fire signal after a programmed delay in response to an arming command. The detonator initiates an explosion in an explosive in response to the fire signal, and the protective housing protects the timer and the detonator from the high shock environment. An arming module communicates with the at least one shock-survivable fuze and sends the arming command.
Claims20
A high shock survivable fuze system comprising:
- at least one fuze operable to survive a shock environment, the at least one fuze comprising:
- a timer operable to send a fire signal after a programmed delay in response to an arming command;
- a detonator operable to initiate an explosion in an explosive in response to the fire signal;
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- a protective housing operable to enclose and protect the timer and the detonator from the shock environment;
- an arming module operable to communicate with the at least one fuze and send the arming command, the arming module located separately from the at least one fuze and outside the protective housing;
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- a penetrator casing configured to house the at least one fuze enclosed in the protective housing and the arming module, and configured to operate in the shock environment.
A method for fuzing a high shock survivable penetration warhead, the method comprising:
- sending an arming command from an arming module to at least one fuze comprising a detonator and a timer enclosed in a protective housing and housed in a penetrator casing comprising the at least one fuze located in an explosive, the arming module located separately from the at least one fuze and outside the protective housing;
- protecting the timer and the detonator from a shock environment using the protective housing;
- sending a fire signal after a programmed delay by action of the timer in response to the arming command;
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- initiating an explosion in the explosive by action of the detonator in response to the fire signal.
A method for providing fuzing for a high shock survivable penetration warhead, the method comprising:
- configuring a timer to send a fire signal after a programmed delay in response to an arming command;
- configuring a detonator to initiate an explosion in an explosive in response to the fire signal;
- configuring a protective housing to enclose and protect the timer and the detonator from a shock environment;
- configuring at least one fuze to operate in a shock environment, the at least one fuze comprising the timer, and the detonator;
- configuring the at least one fuze enclosed in the protective housing in a penetrator casing;
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- housing in the penetrator casing an arming module operable to communicate with the at least one fuze and send the arming command, the arming module located separately from the at least one fuze and outside the protective housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.