Percussion fuse

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11262173-B2
Application number	US-201917276508-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 27, 2019
Priority date	Sep 27, 2018
Publication date	Mar 1, 2022
Grant date	Mar 1, 2022

Abstract

The invention relates to a percussion fuse having an active sensor, which generates a sensor voltage, having a filter circuit consisting of a high pass and at least one low pass, in order to be able to adjust dynamic percussion characteristics. The invention further relates to an operating state switch, which can transition the percussion fuse into one of two operating states, specifically into an activated and a deactivated operating state. To this end, the operating state switch is switched into one of the two operating states by means of a safety voltage. In the active operating state, the sensor voltage is supplied directly to the threshold value switch and in the deactivated operating state, the sensor voltage is held below the threshold value of the threshold value switch by an input limiter.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A percussion fuse having an active sensor which can convert mechanical energy into electrostatic energy which can be used to generate a sensor voltage (U S ),
having a threshold value switch (D 1 ) which blocks voltage signals below a threshold value
and forwards voltage signals above the threshold value as a firing voltage (U Z ),
wherein a filter circuit comprising a high-pass filter (C 1 +R 1 ) and at least one first low-pass filter (C 6 +R 6 ) is provided,
in that the filter circuit filters out low and high frequencies in the sensor voltage (U S ),
in that an operating state switch (Q 2 ) is provided and can change the percussion fuse to one of two operating states, namely an activated operating state and a deactivated operating state, by means of a safety voltage (U V ),
wherein the sensor voltage (U S ) is supplied to the threshold value switch (D 1 ) in the activated operating state
and the sensor voltage (U S ) is limited, via input limitation (Q 1 ), to below the threshold value of threshold value switch (D 1 ) in the deactivated operating state.

2. The percussion fuse as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the input limitation (Q 1 ) is arranged upstream or downstream of the resistor (R 2 ) of the low-pass filter.

3. The percussion fuse as claimed in claim 1 , wherein two low-pass filters (C 5 +R 5 , C 6 +R 6 ) are provided, the outputs of which can each be combined via a diode (D 5 , D 6 ).

4. The percussion fuse as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the two low-pass filters (C 5 +R 5 , C 6 +R 6 ), when arranged in a parallel manner, a voltage barrier which is in series with the low-pass filter resistor is arranged, preferably as a Zener diode (in the reverse direction), for each low-pass filter.

5. The percussion fuse as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the filters are programmable and can be connected and disconnected or adjusted.

6. The percussion fuse as claimed in claim 1 , wherein capacitors (C 3 , C 4 ) are provided and reduce the switch-on delay caused by the resistor R 3 of the input limitation Q 1 .

7. The percussion fuse as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a resistor R 7 is provided in order to compensate for leakage currents of the threshold value switch (D 1 ).

8. The percussion fuse as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a buffer (for example capacitor in parallel with R 8 ) is provided for the operating state switch (Q 2 ) and retains the electrical state of the operating state switch (Q 2 ) for a short time even in the event of a change.

9. The percussion fuse as claimed in claim 1 , wherein potential coupling (R 8 ) is provided and sets the activation voltage (U A ) for the operating state switch (Q 2 ) to a ground potential if no activation voltage (U A ) is actively supplied to the percussion fuse.

10. The percussion fuse as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the threshold value switch (D 1 ) is implemented by means of an electronic circuit or a trigger diode (DIAC) is used as the threshold value switch (D 1 ).

11. The percussion fuse as claimed in claim 1 , wherein transistors are used as the input limitation (Q 1 ) and/or as the operating state switch (Q 2 ), wherein reverse-biased diodes can be provided in parallel with the collector and emitter inputs in the transistors.

12. The percussion fuse as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a Zener diode, in particular a suppressor diode, is used as voltage limitation (D 2 ).

13. The percussion fuse as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the operating state switch (Q 2 ) is in the form of an electronic switch or a relay contact.

14. The percussion fuse as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the output of the percussion fuse (U Z ) directly or indirectly initiates the active substance, usually the detonator.

15. The percussion fuse as claimed in claim 1 , wherein further filters can be integrated in the circuit in order to produce a complex transfer function.

16. The percussion fuse as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the input limitation (Q 1 ) is in the form of a MOSFET and limits the positive sensor voltage (U S ) to the maximum drain-source voltage and limits the negative sensor voltage (U S ) to −0.7 V.

Assignees

• Rheinmetall Waffe Munition Gmbh

Inventors

• Labenda Thomas
• Deutschkämer Klaus

Classifications

• F42C11/006

  for fall bombs · CPC title

• F42C11/02 Primary

  with piezo-crystal · CPC title

• F42C15/24 Primary

  wherein the safety or arming action is effected by inertia means (F42C15/196, F42C15/20 take precedence) · CPC title

• F42C1/00 Primary

  Impact fuzes, i.e. fuzes actuated only by ammunition impact · CPC title

• F42C1/10

  without firing-pin · CPC title