Patent ID: 6158347
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: F42B

Abstract:
A detonator comprising:a TO type base portion having a header wall of height h terminating in a support surface;an exploding foil initiator on the support surface;an explosive charge spaced from the initiator by a barrel wherein the thickness of the initiator, the thickness of the explosive charge, and the thickness of the barrel totals a height H; anda TO type cap having an interior top surface and an enclosure wall of length l extending downward from the interior top surface and surrounding the initiator, the barrel and the explosive charge, the enclosure wall terminating in a rim,the length of the enclosure wall l being greater than the height H and less than the sum total of H and the height of the header wall h such that the rim of the enclosure wall can be secured at one of a number of different locations along the header wall depending on varying dimensions for h, H, and l such that the explosive charge is in contact with the interior top surface of the TO type cap, the barrel is in contact with the explosive charge, and the initiator is in contact with the barrel.