Patents Assigned to Thoikol Corporation
  • Sector type initiator for artillery projectiles
    Patent number: 4464992
    Abstract: Impact with a resistant media at adequate forward velocity and rate of rotation causes a pivoted sector weight to shear a retaining shear pin and rotate quickly, bringing a firing pin on the sector weight into violent contact with a percussion primer and thereby igniting a fuze train or high explosive booster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1984
    Assignee: Thoikol Corporation
    Inventor: Frank H. Bell