Research/Patents/US 4974514
US 4974514Tier 3 — General Defense

EXPLOSIVE SAFETY JUNCTION

Assignee

US Government

Filed as: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY

Filed

Sep 25, 1981

Granted

Dec 4, 1990

Location

ABERDEEN MD US

Abstract

An explosive safety junction which can meet the high reliability and safety standards of conventional or nuclear weapon safing devices. The safety junction is an explosive logic device having an inlet trail which diverges into one or more tiers of safety trails and converges to form an outlet trail. The safety trails are crossed by a control trail which propagates a control detonation wave which severs the safety trails and prevents an input detonation wave from proceeding from the inlet trail to the outlet trail to detonate the weapon.

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35 USC §181 Secrecy Order

Imposed

Nov 7, 1983

Rescinded

Aug 6, 1990

Duration

6 years, 9 months

Inventor

  • 1DENIS A. SILVIA

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