Safe arming system for two-explosive munitions

Patent · 31 December 1977

OSTI ID:863081

Jaroska, Miles F ^[1]; Niven, William A ^[1]; Morrison, Jasper J ^[1]

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1. Livermore, CA

A system for safely and positively detonating high-explosive munitions, including a source of electrical signals, a split-phase square-loop transformer responsive solely to a unique series of signals from the source for charging an energy storage circuit through a voltage doubling circuit, and a spark-gap trigger for initiating discharge of the energy in the storage circuit to actuate a detonator and thereby fire the munitions.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4089268
• OSTI ID: 863081
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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