A fuze for a submunition comprises a fuze housing with a stabilizer ribbon for aerodynamic orientation, a fuze slider released by tension on the stabilizer ribbon, an air-powered electric generator extended into the airstream by the fuze slider and powered in flight by high-speed airflow, a MEMS safety and arming device, a fuze circuit board including an explosive fireset, and an electrically initiated firetrain. The fuze is fixed to and communicates explosively with the end of a grenade warhead.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefit under 35 USC 119(e) of U.S. provisional patent application 60/522,988 filed on Nov. 30, 2004, which application is hereby incorporated by reference.
7552681 - MEMS fuze assembly - Owned by The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, DC)
A MEMS fuze having a moveable slider with a microdetonator at an end for positioning adjacent an initiator. A setback activated lock and a spin activated lock prevent movement of the slider until respective axial and centrifugal acceleration levels have been achieved. Once these acceleration levels are achieved, the slider is moved by a V-beam shaped actuator arrangement to position the microdetonator relative to a secondary lead to start an explosive train in a munitions round.
