Patent ID: 6526892
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: F42B,F42C

Abstract:
A cartridge having a longitudinal axis; said cartridge comprising(a) a cartridge case having a cartridge base; (b) a projectile having a rearward portion received by said cartridge case; (c) a propellant primer disposed in said cartridge case and extending along said longitudinal axis; said propellant primer having a frontal end oriented toward said rearward portion; (d) an electrically programmable projectile fuze disposed in said projectile; (e) an electrode disposed at said cartridge base; (f) a plug mounted on said propellant primer at said frontal end thereof; (g) a first contact carried by said plug; (h) a first conductor extending in said propellant primer and connecting said first contact with said electrode; (i) a socket formed on said rearward portion of said projectile; said socket receiving and surrounding said plug; (j) a second contact carried by said socket and being in electric contact with said first contact; and (k) a second conductor extending in said projectile and connecting said second contact with said projectile fuze.