UIllted States Patent [ 1 9 ] [ 1 1 ] Patent N u m b er : 4 , 9 6 2 , 7 0 6

Iv er m ee et al. [ 4 5 ] D ate o f Patent: O c t. 1 6 , 1 9 9 0

[ 5 4 ] FUZE FO R ARTILLERY SHELL 3 , 7 1 3 , 3 9 1 l/ 1 9 7 3 Sto u t et a1 . . . . . . . . 1 0 2 / 2 0 7
4 , 0 1 5 , 5 3 1 4 / 1 9 7 7 Ziem b a . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0 2 / 2 0 6
[ 7 6 ] Inv ent< > r s= Stanley W- 0 - Iv er m ee; Ray m o ilq 6 - 4 , 2 4 0 , 3 5 0 1 2 / 1 9 8 0 M iinz el et a1 . . . 1 0 2 / 2 0 6
E- Capner hu r st, b o th o f 0 / 0 Bnu sh 4 , 5 8 0 , 4 9 8 4 / 1 9 8 6 Ab t et al. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0 2 / 2 0 6
Aer o spac e PLC, M ano r Ro ad, 4 , 6 0 3 , 6 3 5 8 / 1 9 8 6 Bo u dr eau . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0 2 / 2 0 6
Hat?eld, Her -ts, ALIO 9 LL, United 4 , 6 3 2 , 0 3 1 1 2 / 1 9 8 6 J ar r o tt et al. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0 2 / 2 0 6
Kingdo m 4 , 6 4 4 , 8 6 4 2 / 1 9 8 7 Ko m o r o wski et a1 . . . 1 0 2 / 2 0 6
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[ 2 1 ] Appl. N o . : 3 4 7 , 1 3 8 4 , 7 9 9 , 4 2 9 l/ l9 8 9 LaBu dde et a1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0 2 / 2 0 6
[ 2 2 ] Filed: M ay 4 1 9 8 9 Pr im ar y Exam iner D av id H. Br o wn
[ 3 0 ] Fo r eign Applic atio n Pr io r ity D ata Atto r ney , Agent, o r Fir m -Cu shm an, D ar b y & Cu shr nan
M ay 4 , 1 9 8 8 [ GB] United Kingdo m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 8 1 0 5 0 4 [ 5 7 ] ABSTRACT
[ 5 1 ] Int. Cl. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4 2 C 1 1 / 0 6 All ar tiller y Shell f llZe inc o r po r ating a lo ng lif e c o m
[ 5 2 ] US. Cl. . . . . . . . ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0 2 / 2 0 6 ; 1 0 2 / 2 0 7 plete in itself b atter y and additio nal f eatu r es to c o m pen
[ 5 8 ] Field o f Sear c h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0 2 / 2 0 7 , 2 0 6 sate ther ef o r , whic h c an b e pr o gr am m ed to giv e a v er y
[ 5 6 ] Ref er enc es Cited lo ng ?r ing delay s e. g. : day s, weeks o r ev en m o nths to
U S PATEN T D O CUM EN TS pr o v ide an ef f ic ient ar ea denial c apab ility .
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CLUTTER STARTS! D SEN GAGE AT FIRIN G
FLYWHEEL RO TATES
SWITCHES CLO SE BATTERIES
IN TO FIRIN G CIRCUIT
ELECTRO N ICS EN ERCIISED
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FUZE FO R ARTILLERY SHELL
This inv entio n r elates to a f u z e f o r an ar tiller y shell.
Su c h a shell c o m pr ises a m ain b o dy with its explo siv e
c har ge. A saf ety and ar m ing u nit, inc lu ding a deto nato r
and m ec hanism ( c alled c lu tter m ec hanism ) f o r m aintain
ing the deto nato r saf e u ntil the shell has b een pr o per ly
?r ed, is inc lu ded into a f u z e whic h ac tu ally initiates the
deto nato r and m ay b e selec ted f r o m a ser ies o f ty pes
hav ing r espec tiv e dif f er ent f u nc tio ns. Fo r exam ple, o ne
ty pe o f f u z e m ay b e ac tu ated b y pr o xim ity with a tar get,
ano ther m ay b e ac tiv ated o n im pac t, and y et ano ther
m ight b e a tim er f u z e f o r giv ing a delay ed deto natio n
( the delay b eing q u ite sho r t-per haps a c o u ple o f m in
u tes at the m o st) .
Fu z es hav e to _ c o m ply with a ser ies o f saf ety and
shelf -lif e c o ntr o lling r u les. Fo r exam ple, it has hither to
b een u nu su al f o r , the dr iv e po wer to c o m e f r o m the kind
o f c o m plete-in-itself sto r age b atter y whic h is c o m m o nly
kno wn. Instead the b atter y plates and the elec tr o ly te
ar e m aintained separ ate and ar e o nly b r o u ght to gether
af ter ?r ing o f the shell. This ho wev er pr ec lu des so m e
o ptio ns whic h c o u ld o ther wise b e allo wed f o r .
O ne o b j ec t o f the inv entio n is to pr o v ide a f u z e whic h
inc o r po r ates a lo ng lif e, c o m plete-in-itself b atter y and
additio nal saf ety f eatu r es to c o m pensate ther ef o r . A
f u r ther o b j ec t is to pr o v ide a f u z e c apab le o f b eing
pr o gr am m ed to giv e a v er y lo ng ?r ing delay , say day s,
weeks o r ev en m o nths, so as to pr o v ide an ar ea denial
c apab ility .
Ac c o r ding to o ne aspec t o f the inv entio n, ther e is
pr o v ided a f u z e f o r an ar tiller y shell, the f u z e c o m pr is
ing elec tr o nic tim er m eans f o r b eing pr o gr am m ed to
giv e a selec tab le delay in pr o du c tio n o f a deto nato r
initiatio n signal, an elec tr ic al sto r age b atter y f o r po wer
ing the tim er m eans, ?r st switc h m eans f o r iso lating the
b atter y f r o m the tim er m eans u ntil af ter pr o per ?r ing o f
the shell, and. sec o nd switc h m eans f o r iso lating the
tim er i' m eans f r o m a deto nato r o f the f u z e u ntil af ter said
pr o per ?r ing o f the shell.
Fu r ther aspec ts o f the inv entio n will appear f r o m the
f o llo wing desc r iptio n taken in c o nj u nc tio n with the
ac c o m pany ing dr awings whic h ar e giv en b y way o f
exam ple and in whic h:
FIG. 1 is a sec tio ned v iew o f a f u z e c o nnec ted to a
saf ety and ar m ing u nit;
FIG. 2 is a sim pli?ed c ir c u it diagr am o f the f u z e;
FIG. 3 is a ?o w c har t f o r illu str ating the o per atio n o f
the f u z e and the saf ety and ar m ing u nit, and
FIGS. 4 and 5 ar e r espec tiv ely a sec tio nal elev atio n
o f a par t o f a m o di?ed f u z e and a sec tio n o n V V in FIG.
4 .
Ref er r ing to FIG. 1 , the illu str ated f u z e c o m pr ises a
no se c ap 1 hav ing an inter nal c ham b er 2 whic h is o pen
to the r ear o f the no se c ap. Fr o m this po int, the c ham b er
c o m pr ises an inter nally sc r ew-thr eaded po r tio n 3 , then
an u nthr eaded po r tio n 4 o f su b stantially the sam e diam
eter as the po r tio n 3 , and then a sho u lder 5 leading to a
nar r o wer diam eter po r tio n 6 whic h, f r o m a little m o r e
than half -way alo ng it, star ts to taper inwar ds slightly so
as to c o nf o r m with the o u ter shape o f the c ap. A nar r o w
diam eter ho le 7 leads f o r war d f r o m c ham b er 2 o u t to
the tip o f the no se c ap.
A so lidly enc apsu lated elec tr o nic c o ntr o l u nit 8 is
m o u nted in c ham b er po r tio n 6 , with whic h po r tio n the
shape o f u nit 8 c o m f o r m s and b ehind this an elec tr ic al
sto r age b atter y and switc h c ar r ier m o du le 9 is ?tted into
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c ham b er po r tio n 6 u p against sho u lder 5 and the r ear
f ac e o f u nit 8 . The m o du le 9 su ppo r ts a nu m b er , say
f o u r , lithiu m -o xide elec tr ic al sto r age c ells 3 6 ( o nly two
o f whic h c an b e seen) , whic h ar e inter c o nnec ted to
f o r m two independent b atter ies, eac h b atter y c o m pr is
ing two o f the c ells inser ies, and in additio n, f o r eac h
b atter y , a two -po le iso lating switc h 5 0 1 . Eac h switc h is
c o nnec ted to the asso c iated b atter y , o ne po le to eac h
side ther eo f , and to the elec tr o nic c o ntr o l u nit 8 and is
o per ab le to r em ain o pen, -i. e. to m aintain the b atter y
to tally iso lated f r o m the u nit 8 u ntil it exper ienc es a
stim u lu s, f o r exam ple so -c alled r o tatio n and set-b ac k ( a
ter m well kno wn to tho se skilled in the ar t) , c o nseq u ent
u po n a c o r r ec t ?r ing o f an ar tiller y shell ( no t sho wn) , to
whic h the f u z e is ?tted. An exter nally sc r ew-thr eaded
po r tio n 1 0 o f a sealing and inter f ac e m em b er 1 1 is en
gaged with the thr eaded po r tio n 3 o f c ham b er 2 so that,
v ia a c astellated spac er r ing 1 2 po sitio ned b etween the
m em b er 1 1 and m o du le 9 ' , the m o du le 9 and c o nse
q u ently also the u nit 8 ar e c lam ped in po sitio n in the
c ham b er . An O -r ing. seal ( no t sho wn) m ay b e po sitio ned
b etween the r ear f ac e o f c ap 1 and an o u twar dly extend
ing ?ange 1 3 o f the m em b er 1 1 so as to env ir o nm entally
seal the c ham b er 2 .
The m em b er 1 1 also c o m pr ises a r ear war dly extend
ing, exter nally sc r ew-thr eaded po r tio n 1 4 b y whic h
ther e is c o nnec ted to the f u z e a Gaine-ty pe saf ety and
ar m ing u nit ( SAU) inc o r po r ating c lu tter m ec hanism
1 5 . Unit 1 5 has a f o r war d f ac ing r ec ess 1 6 m atc hing a
shallo w r ear -f ac ing r ec ess 1 7 f o r m ed in the m em b er 1 1
and, in the c ham b er 1 8 f o r m ed b y the two r ec esses,
ther e is a deto nato r c apsu le ho lder ( no t sho wn) .
The u nit 1 5 itself is a well-kno wn and r eadily av ail
ab le item o f m ilitar y eq u ipm ent. Basic ally , it c o ntains
m eans de?ning a ?r ing path leading, when in po sitio n in
an ar tiller y shell ( no t sho wn) , f r o m an elec tr ic ally ignit
ab le deto nato r to the m ain explo siv e c har ge o f the shell
and also a m ec hanism in whic h m aintains the deto nato r
ho lder in a saf e po sitio n with the c apsu le iso lated f r o m
the f u z e u nless and u ntil pr edeter m ined saf ety -r elated
c o nditio ns hav e b een m et, f o r exam ple the ac hiev em ent
o f pr e-set v alu es o f linear and angu lar ac c eler atio n o f
the shell. Alter nate to a Gaine-ty pe u nit, any o ther
su itab le ty pe o f saf ety and ar m ing u nit m ay b e u sed.
Fr o m the f r o nt f ac e o f the r ec ess 1 7 , ther e extends a
ho le 1 1 8 in m em b er 1 1 and, af ter a sho r t distanc e, this
ho le b ec o m es wider and is sc r ew-thr eaded. A disc 1 9
m ade o f plastic s m ater ial su c h as M elinex ( tr ade nam e)
is po sitio ned in the wider par t o f the ho le 1 8 and held
ther e b y a r ing-shaped b u sh 2 0 , engaged with the sc r ew
thr ead in this wider par t o f the ho le. The disc 1 9 thu s
seals c ham b er 2 f r o m c ham b er 1 8 .
Fixed into an axially extending ho le in the m o du le 9 is
spigo t 2 1 hav ing an exter nally sc r ew-thr eaded po r tio n
2 2 extending f r o m the r ear f ac e o f m o du le 9 b ac k
to war ds the m em b er 1 1 and, sc r ewed o nto this po r tio n
2 2 so that it lies u p against the r ear f ac e o f m o du le 9 ,
ther e is a f ly wheel 2 3 . A r adially -extending ho le 2 4 is
pr o v ided in the no se c ap 1 leading into the c ham b er 3
adj ac ent the per ipher y o f ?y wheel 2 3 and, in this ho le
2 4 , ther e is m o u nted a detent peg 2 5 , a c o m pr essio n
spr ing 2 6 , and a set-sc r ew 2 7 , the spr ing b eing b etween
the set-sc r ew and the detent peg and b eing o per ab le to
u r ge the peg inwar dly into engagem ent with a depr es
sio n f o r m ed in the per ipher y o f the f ly wheel. As a m o di
?c atio n ( no t sho wn) f o r gr eater sec u r ity , ther e c o u ld b e
two o r m o r e, say f o u r , r adial ho les eq u ispac ed ar o u nd
the no se c ap and eac h c o ntaining a set-sc r ew, a spr ing
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and a detent peg u r ged b y the asso c iated spr ing into
engagem ent with a m atc hing depr essio n in the ?y wheel
per ipher y .
Fr o m the r ear f ac e o f the ?y wheel 2 3 , ther e extends
a ?xed pr o b 2 8 hav ing a po inted end 2 9 enter ed into the
c entr al ho le in b u sh 2 0 and c lo se to the f o r war d f ac e o f
the disc 1 9 .
O n ?r ing o f a shell to whic h the illu str ated f u z e and
SAU ar e ?tted, the detent peg 2 5 b ec o m es disengaged
f r o m ?y wheel 2 3 in r espo nse to the c entr if u gal f o r c e
gener ated b y the spin o f the shell wher eu po n, b ec au se
the r o tatio n o f the ?y wheel 2 3 tends to lag that o f the
shell, the ?y wheel sc r ews itself alo ng sc r ew-thr eaded
po r tio n 2 2 o f spigo t 2 1 so that the po inted end 2 9 o f
pr o b e 2 8 pier c es disc 1 9 and enter c ham b er 1 8 .
M eanwhile, ?r ing o f the shell will hav e star ted the
o per atio n o f saf ety and ar m ing u nit 1 5 so that, giv en
ac hiev em ent o f the af o r em entio ned saf ety -r elated c o n
ditio ns entr y o f the pr o b e 2 8 into c ham b er 1 8 will c o in
c ide with the initiatio n c o ntac t o f the deto nato r c apsu le
b eing b r o u ght b y u nit 1 5 into alignm ent with the pr o b e
wher eu po n the pr o b e engages the c o ntac t.
The switc hes 5 0 1 c o u ld c o m pr ise m agnetic ally o per a
b le switc hes in?u enc ed b y a per m anent m agnet ar r ange
m ent ( no t sho wn) hav ing a ?u x c ir c u it par tly within ?y
wheel 2 3 so that, as ?y wheel and u nit 9 m o v e r elativ e
to o ne ano ther , the switc hes o per ate.
Ref er r ing no w to FIG. 2 , the c o ntr o l u nit a c o m
pr ises an elec tr ic ally er aseab le and pr o gr am m ab le r ead
o nly m em o r y ( EEPRO M ) 3 0 hav ing a 1 6 X 1 6 b it c apac
ity and inc o r po r ating addr ess lo gic ( no t sho wn per se)
so that a ser ial data str eam c an b e enter ed into it v ia
c o nnec to r line 3 1 and also so that the sto r ed data c an b e
r ead o u t in ser ies v ia c o nnec to r line 3 2 . A c o nnec to r line
3 3 leads v ia a dio de 3 4 to the dr iv e v o ltage ter m inal 3 5
o f the m em o r y . The f r ee ends o f lines 3 1 , 3 2 and 3 3 ar e
ter m inated so as to b e ac c essib le to a c o nnec to r pr o b e
( no t sho wn) enter ed into the f u z e v ia the ho le 7 sho wn
in FIG. 1 .
The negativ e side o f o ne o f the two b atter ies f o r m ed
b y c ells 3 6 , the b atter y 3 7 in FIG. 2 , is c o nnec ted v ia
o ne po le o f its asso c iated iso lating switc h 3 8 to a c o m
m o n gr o u nd line o f the u nit a while the po sitiv e side
o f the b atter y is c o nnec ted v ia the o ther po le o f the
switc h 3 0 and a dio dc 3 9 to the dr iv e v o ltage ter m inal
3 5 . This side o f the b atter y 3 7 is also c o nnec ted, v ia
switc h 3 8 b u t no t dio de 3 9 , to the r espec tiv e po wer
dr iv e ter m inals o f eac h o f r eset signal gener ato r 4 0 and
o f c o ntr o l u nit item s 4 1 to 4 7 , whic h item s will b e intr o
du c ed in the f o llo wing desc r iptio n. Fo r sim plic ity , the
ac tu al po wer c o nnec tio ns to the item s 4 1 to 4 7 ar e no t
sho wn.
Basic ally the elec tr o nic c o ntr o l u nit a c o nsists o f a
pr o gr am m ab le tim er with the EEPRO M 3 0 u sed as a
no n-v o latile m em o r y whic h c an b e pr o gr am m ed u sing a
separ ate pr o gr am m ing statio n ( no t sho wn) c o u pled to
the af o r em entio ned c o nnec to r pr o b e ( no t sho wn) .
Using the pr o gr am m ing statio n and pr o b e, pr o gr am m e
data pr ev io u sly enter ed into the EEPRO M 3 0 c an also
b e v er i?ed o r r eplac ed b y new pr o gr am m e data.
The r eset signal gener ato r 4 0 gener ates a r eset pu lse
whic h is applied to the r eset inpu ts o f the item s 4 1 to 4 7
when it star ts to r ec eiv e po wer f r o m b atter y 3 7 v ia
switc h 3 8 , i. e. it applies a po wer -u p r eset to eac h o f the
item s 4 1 to 4 7 . Tho se item s c o m pr ise:
4 1 1 6 b it shif t r egister -to whic h the pr o gr am data is
lo aded when the lo c al sy stem is po wer ed-u p.
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4 2 Clo c k Gener ato r -pr o v ides D ata Clo c k and Tim e
Base v ia D iv ider .
4 3 M o de Selec to r .
4 4 D iv isio n Selec to r de?nes tim er r ange/ s.
4 5 Clo c k D iv ider .
4 6 Co u nter -c o u nts plu ses f r o m div ider .
4 7 Co m par ato r -c o m par es c o ntent o f r egister 4 1 and
c o u nter 4 6 and pr o du c es an o u tpu t singal when
they ar e identic al.
The b atter y 4 8 f o r m ed b y the o ther c ells in m o du le 9
is c o nnec ted v ia its asso c iated switc h 4 9 to an elec tr ic al
ar m ing u nit 5 0 whic h, f o r an initial tim e per io d f o llo w
ing the applic atio n o f po wer ther eto f r o m b atter y 4 8 is
inhib ited, i. e. it igno r es all stim u li, b u t then b ec o m es
r espo nsiv e to a signal when su pplied f r o m c o m par ato r
4 7 to gener ate a deto natio n signal f o r initiating the deto
nato r 5 1 v ia the b y then extended pr o b e 2 8 .
As well as the item s sho wn, no r m ally the elec tr o nic
c o ntr o l u nit will also c o m pr ise so m e f o r m o f im pac t
detec to r , f o r exam ple an ac c eler o m eter o r wir e-b r eak
c ir c u it c o u pled say to the m o de selec to r f o r enab ling the
shell to b e deto nated o n im pac t o r af ter a delay f o llo w
ing im pac t. A tam per detec tio n dev ic e ( no t sho wn)
c o u ld also b e pr o v ided to set the shell o f f if it is tam
per ed with af ter ?r ing, say if the tim er has b een pr o
gr am m ed to giv e a lo ng delay ( day s o r weeks) b ef o r e
deto natio n. A m agneto m eter c o u ld also b e pr o v ided to
set the shell o f f say at the appr o ac h o f a v ehic le.
Ref er r ing also to the ?o w c har t o f FIG. 3 , the o per a
tio n o f the f u z e is su m m ar ised as f o llo ws:
1 . D u r ing pr o gr am m ing the tim er sy stem is no t po w
er ed, b eing m ec hanic ally iso lated f r o m the o n
b o ar d b atter y su pply . The EEPRO M 3 0 is po w
c r ed f r o m the exter nal pr o gr am so u r c e and af ter an
initial Reset/ Er ase seq u enc e r ec eiv es the ser ial
data str eam f r o m the Pr o gr am m er . If r eq u ir ed the
EEPRO M c an b e inter r o gated to r ead o r c o n?r m
the inplanted data. The EEPRO M m ay b e r epr o
gr am m ed b y r epeating the ab o v e seq u enc e as o f ten
as r eq u ir ed to ac c o m m o date c hanges o f sc enar io .
2 . Af ter pr o gr am m ing the EEPRO M and the lo gic
c ir c u its r em ain u npo wer ed u ntil the b atter y 3 7 is
m ec hanic ally c o nnec ted as a r esu lt o f displac em ent
du e to an env ir o nm ental stim u lu s: r o tatio n and
set-b ac k. The deto nato r b atter y 4 8 is sim ilar ly c o n
nec ted b y a separ ate m ec hanism .
3 . Applic atio n o f b atter y po wer to the po wer -u p
detec to r 4 0 pr o v ides a r eset pu lse to the lo gic de
v ic es 4 1 to 4 7 .
4 . The Clo c k Gener ato r 4 2 o u tpu t is applied v ia the
div ider 4 5 to the EEPRO M 3 0 and the pr o gr am
data is lo aded to the Shif t Register 4 1 .
5 . The M o de Selec t 4 3 sets the div isio n selec t 4 4 to
o ne o f the f o u r div ided 4 4 r anges to pr o v ide the
appr o pr iate sc ale f ac to r f o r the tim er / c o u nter 4 6 .
6 . As the c o u nter 4 6 adv anc es its o u tpu t str atu s is
applied to the c o m par ato r 4 7 whic h c o m par es with
the set statu s o f the shif t r egister 4 1 and pr o du c es
an o u tpu t signal when the states ar e c o inc ident.
7 . The elec tr o nic ar m ing u nit 5 0 is initially inhib ited
u ntil ?r st pu lse is r ec eiv ed f r o m a slo w o u tpu t o f
the div ider 4 5 , pr o v iding additio nal ear ly tr aj ec
to r y pr o tec tio n. When su b seq u ently a pu lse is r e
c eiv ed f r o m the c o m par ato r 4 7 the m ec hanic ally
ar m ed b atter y c ir c u it is switc hed to the deto nato r
to initiate the explo siv e c har ge.
4 , 9 6 2 , 7 0 6
5
Selec tab le Sy stem Fu nc tio ns
( a) The m o de selec t f u nc tio n will switc h alter nativ e
inpu ts f r o m iner tial o r wir e b r eak detec to r s ( no t
sho wn) dir ec tly to the elec tr o nic ar m ing u nit to
pr o v ide su per q u ic k initiatio n o f the deto nato r as
a r esu lt o f a glanc ing c o ntac t du r ing the ?ight
tr aj ec to r y o r ter m inal im pac t r esu lting in dec ler a
tio n ab o v e a c r itic al thr esho ld.
( b ) The div isio n selec t switc hes b etween the o u tpu ts
o f the ( ?xed) div ider pr o v ide a r ange o f tim e f u nc
tio ns b etween sho r t delay per io ds to weeks.
( 0 ) The r eso lu tio n o f tim ed per io ds is r elated to the
selec ted r ange o f div isio n. Sho r t delay s ar e de?ned
u sing the f astest pu lse r ate, wher eas lo ng and ex
tended delay s o f m any day s du r atio n u se the slo w
est pu lse r ates. The ac c u r ac y o f the c o u nter c o m
par ato r is c o nsistent f o r all r anges.
The ?y wheel 2 3 and spigo t 2 1 in FIG. 1 c o u ld b y
r eplac ed b y the m o di?ed elem ents sho wn in FIGS. 4
and 5 . Her e ther e is a ho llo w f ly wheel 4 0 1 r o tatab ly
m o u nted o n a hu b shaf t 4 0 2 b y way o f a b all b ear ing
4 0 3 . The hu b shaf t 4 0 2 has a po inted end 4 0 4 and a
sc r ew-thr eaded end 4 0 5 , the sc r ew-thr ead end 4 0 5
b eing engaged in a m atc hing thr eaded ho le in switc h
c ar r ier u nit 9 ( o nly par tly sho wn in FIG. 4 ) . The ho llo w
?y wheel 4 0 1 , whic h is c lo sed b y a welded o n o r o ther
wise ?xed lid 4 0 6 , c o ntains a c o il o f steel tape 4 0 7 . The
c o il lies against the inner su r f ac e o f the per ipher al wall
o f the ?y wheel 4 0 1 and has its o u ter m o st end f ixed to
the ?y wheel and its inner end ?xed to the hu b -shaf t
4 0 2 .
As b ef o r e, the ?y wheel is initially held ?xed with
r espec t to the f u z e b o dy o f c entr if u gal latc h m em b er s
( no t sho wn in FIGS. 4 and 5 ) whic h c o u ld c o m pr ise
c o m pr essio n spr ing/ detent peg ar r angem ents as in FIG.
1 . O n ?r ing o f the shell, the c entr if u gal latc hes r elease
the ?y wheel whic h ther eb y tends to r em ain still while
the shell and the f u z e inc lu ding hu b -shaf t 4 0 2 r o tates
with r espec t to it. This c au ses the c o il o f steel tape 4 0 7
to b e wo u nd o f f the wall o f ?y wheel 4 0 1 and o nto the
hu b -shaf t 4 0 2 . When f u lly wo u nd o nto the hu b -shaf t,
b ec au se the o u ter end o f the tape is c o nnec ted to the
?y wheel, the ?y wheel r etar ds the hu b -shaf t b y pu lling
b ac k o n it v ia the tape so no w the sc r ewed end o f the
hu b -shaf t star ts to sc r ew itself do wn o u t o f the thr eaded
ho le in m em b er 9 , b r inging its o ppo site po inted end into
c o ntac t with and thr o u gh disc 1 9 as b ef o r e. The o per a
tio n o f the c o il o f tape in this m o di?c atio n giv es a
2 0
2 5
4 5
5 5
6 5
6
gr eater ar m ing delay , Le. a gr eater saf e distanc e f r o m
the gu n to the po int at whic h the shell b ec o m es ar m ed.
It sho u ld b e no ted that the tape 4 0 7 , need no t nec es
sar ily b e o f steel, b u t m ay b e o f any su itab le m ater ial, f o r
exam ple ny lo n.
We c laim :
1 . A f u z e f o r an ar tiller y shell, the f u z e c o m pr ising:
elec tr o nic m eans f o r b eing pr o gr am m ed with a set o f
r eq u ir ed data c o nditio ns, said elec tr o nic m eans
inc lu ding a c o m par ato r m eans f o r c o m par ing the
r eq u ir ed c o nditio ns with a set o f ac tu al data c o ndi
tio ns, and pr o du c ing a deto natio n ignitio n signal
when the r eq u ir ed c o nditio ns ar e m et;
an elec tr ic al sto r age b atter y f o r po wer ing the elec
tr o nic m eans;
?r st switc h m eans f o r iso lating the b atter y and the
elec tr o nic m eans pr io r to lau nc h o f the shell and
c o nnec ting the b attter y and elec tr o nic m eans at a
?r st pr edeter m ined tim e af ter lau nc h o f the shell;
and
sec o nd switc h m eans f o r c o nnec ting the elec tr o nic
m eans to a deto nato r in the shell, at a sec o nd pr ede
ter m ined tim e af ter lau nc h o f the shell and f o r
tr ansm itting the deto natio n signal to said deto na
to r , ther eb y initiating deto natio n o f the shell.
2 . A f u z e, ac c o r ding to c laim 1 , wher ein the ?r st and
sec o nd switc h m eans ar e c o nnec ted b y the ac tio n o f a
r o tatab le m em b er , asso c iated with the shell and, c apab le
o f r o tating r elativ e to the shell su c h that a ?r st c o ntac t
m eans f o r eac h switc h m eans, whic h ar e asso c iated with
said r o tatab le m em b er , ar e b r o u ght into c o ntac t with
r espec tiv e sec o nd c o ntac t m eans asso c iated with the
shell; said c o ntac t c o nnec ting said ?r st and sec o nd
switc h m eans at the r espec tiv e ?r st and sec o nd pr ede
ter m ined tim es.
3 . A f u z e ac c o r ding to c laim 1 o r c laim 2 wher ein said
?r st switc h m eans is m agnetic ally o per ab le.
4 . A f u z e ac c o r ding to c laim 2 , wher ein said r o tatab le
m em b er c o m pr ises a sc r ew-thr eaded ?y wheel whic h
r o tates o n a spigo t, said ?y wheel r o tating at a dif f er ent
r ate to the r o tatio n r ate o f the shell, ther eb y c au sing
r elativ e m o v em ent b etween the ?y wheel and the shell
to ef f ec t said c o ntac t.
5 . A f u z e ac c o r ding to c laim 4 , wher ein the ?y wheel
is inhib ited f r o m m o v ing pr io r to lau nc h o f the shell b y
lo c king m eans whic h m ay b e disengaged, du e to c en
tr ipetal f o r c es ac ting o n the shell af ter lau nc h.
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