Initiator assembly with gas and/or fragment containment capabilities
AssigneeReynolds Systems, Inc.
InventorsChristopher J. Nance, Michael Amendola
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Abstract
An initiator assembly that includes an initiator and a containment shell. The initiator has an initiator housing, an initiator device mounted inside the initiator housing, and an input charge that is formed of an energetic material. The initiator device is configured to initiate at least one of a combustion event, a deflagration event and a detonation event in the input charge. The containment shell is coupled to the initiator housing and defines a space into which gas and/or particles are ejected from the initiator housing if the initiator device is not activated and the input charge is cooked off.
Claims22
An initiator assembly comprising:
- an initiator having an input charge that is formed of an energetic material, the initiator being configured to initiate a detonation event in the input charge;
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- a containment shell coupled to the initiator, the containment shell defining a space into which gas and/or particles are ejected from the initiator if the initiator is not activated and the input charge is cooked off, the containment shell being configured such that the gas and/or the fragments produced when the input charge is cooked off is/are contained substantially permanently within the initiator assembly.
An initiator assembly comprising:
- an initiator having an input charge that is formed of an energetic material, the initiator being configured to initiate a detonation event in the input charge;
- and
- a containment shell coupled to the initiator, the containment shell defining a space into which gas and/or particles are ejected from the initiator if the initiator is not activated and the input charge is cooked off, the space being sized such that the gas and/or the fragments produced when the input charge is cooked off is/are substantially permanently contained within the initiator assembly.
An initiator assembly comprising:
- an initiator having an input charge that is formed of an energetic material, the initiator being configured to initiate a detonation event in the input charge;
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- means for substantially permanently containing gas and particles that are ejected from the initiator when the input charge is destroyed in an event that does not include detonation of the input charge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.