Patent ID: 9638504
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: F42C

Claim:
1. A weapons system having a warhead fuse for preventing an accidental explosive event of a warhead, the weapons system comprising: a warhead explosive; a warhead detonator being effective for detonating the warhead explosive; a plurality of booster lead segments being situated between the warhead detonator and the warhead explosive, wherein the plurality of booster lead segments are configured to be combined into a single, combined booster lead, wherein each of the plurality of booster lead segments in a safe mode comprises a first configuration with a specific first cross-sectional area, which is less than a second cross-sectional area of a second configuration in an armed mode, where the second configuration is formed by a combination of said each of said plurality of booster lead segments, in order to permit an operational explosive event of the warhead explosive; and, a booster lead separating device for separating said each of the plurality of booster lead segments from each other and effective for preventing formation of the second configuration, wherein each of the plurality of booster lead segments are individual and separate shaped segments where separation from each other in the safe mode prevents a transfer and a propagation of energy from the warhead detonator into the warhead explosive until the individual and separate shaped segments are combined to form the second configuration, and wherein the second configuration comprises joining and abutting said plurality of booster lead segments in the armed mode to permit initiation of the warhead explosive.