**Exhibit 3.1**CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OFTRANSTECHNOLOGY CORPORATION* * * * *     THE UNDERSIGNED, for the purpose of incorporating and organizing a corporation under andpursuant to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, does herebycertify as follows:     FIRST: The name of the corporation is TransTechnology Corporation (the “Corporation”).     SECOND: The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is1209 Orange Street in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name ofits registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange Street in theCity of Wilmington, State of Delaware 19801.     THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for whichcorporations may now or hereafter be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State ofDelaware.     FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority toissue is 10,000,000, consisting of 9,700,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, and300,000 shares of Preferred stock, par value $1.00 per share (the “Preferred Stock”). The PreferredStock may be divided into such number of series as the Board of Directors may determine. Authorityis hereby expressly granted to the Board of Directors from time to time to issue the Preferredstock as Preferred Stock of any series and, in connection with the creation of each such series, tofix by the resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of shares thereof, the number ofshares of such series, and the designations, powers, preferences, and rights, and thequalifications, limitations, and restrictions, of such series, to the full extent now or hereafterpermitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.     FIFTH: The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the directionof a Board of Directors, consisting of not less than five nor more than fifteen directors, theexact number of directors to be fixed in the bylaws.     SIXTH: The following provisions are inserted for the management of the business and theconduct of the affairs of the Corporation and for the further definition of the powers of theCorporation and of its directors and stockholders:     a) The directors shall have the concurrent power with the stockholders to adopt, amend orrepeal the bylaws of the Corporation.     b) Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the bylaws of the Corporationso provide.
 

 
     c) The Corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers and may indemnify any otheremployees or agents, in each case, to the full extent permitted by law of the State of Delaware. Noamendment or repeal of this paragraph shall affect the obligations of the Corporation to indemnifyany director or officer of the Corporation with respect to, arising out of or related to any eventthat occurred prior to such amendment or repeal.     d) The Corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any personwho is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving atthe request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against himand incurred by him in any such capacity or arising out of his status as such, whether or not theCorporation would have the power to indemnify him against any such liability under the provisionsof the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time.     e) To the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, asthe same exists or may hereafter be amended, a director of theCorporation shall not be liable to thecorporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director.     f) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose may be called atany time by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President or thesecretary.     g)Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the bylawsmay provide. The books of the Corporation may be kept (subject to any provision contained in thestatutes) outside the State of Delaware at such places as may be designated, from time to time bythe Board of Directors or in the bylaws of the Corporation.     SEVENTH: The Corporation reserves the right to amend this Certificate of Incorporation in anymanner permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or mayhereafter be amended, and all rights and powers conferred upon stockholders, directors, officers,employees and agents herein are granted subject to this reservation     EIGHTH: The name and address of the incorporator is Richards Abrams, c/o Richards, Layton &Finger, One Rodney Square, P.O. Box 551, Wilmington, DE 19899.     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, the undersigned, being the sole Incorporator herein named, do herebyfurther certify that the facts hereinabove stated are truly set forth and, accordingly, I havehereunto set my hand and seal as of the 1st day of July, 1986.                                                                    [SEAL]