Patent ID: 6530324
Filing Date: 2003-03-11
Classification: F42C

Abstract:
A fuze for a munition, comprising:a fuze housing; an arming screw having a firing pin tip moveable longitudinally within said fuze housing between an unarmed position and an armed position; a first arming member adapted to operably engage with said firing pin tip such that said firing pin tip holds said first arming member in a first position when said arming screw is in said unarmed position, and moveable to a second position when said arming screw is moved into said armed position; a biasing member for urging said first arming member toward said second position; a second arming member operably associated with said first arming member and adapted to slide linearly from a non-locking position when said first arming member is in said first position, into a locking position as said first arming member is moved into said second position; and wherein in said locking position said second arming member prevents said first arming member from moving back toward said first position.