Accession Number:

ADD014219

Title:

Means for Protecting Electroexplosive Devices Which Are Subject to a Wide Variety of Radio Frequency.

Descriptive Note:

Patent, Filed 1 Oct 85, patented 18 Jul 89,

Corporate Author:

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Dow, Robert L.
• Proctor, Paul W.

Report Date:

1989-07-18

Pagination or Media Count:

6.0

Abstract:

An RF attenuator for attenuating RF signals in a lead particularly for protecting against unintentional detonation of electrically initiated ammunition is presented. A firing lead is embedded in a body of ferrite material. The firing lead is formed in a planar spiral configuration with reversals of direction. Keywords Patents RH

Descriptors:

• *EXPLOSIVES INITIATORS
• *PATENTS
• *RADIOFREQUENCY PULSES
• ATTENUATION
• ATTENUATORS
• CONFIGURATIONS
• FERRITES
• MATERIALS
• PLANAR STRUCTURES
• RADIOFREQUENCY
• REVERSIBLE
• SIGNALS

Subject Categories:

• Safety Engineering
• Ammunition and Explosives
• Electromagnetic Pulses

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE