Patent ID: 8820243

Claim:
An electric match assembly for initiating a pyrotechnic device in response to an initiation a signal, the electric match assembly being configured for connection to a leader carrying the initiation signal, the electric match assembly comprising: a first electric match component for connection to the lift charge of the pyrotechnic device; a second electric match component for connection to the time fuse connected to the burst charge of the pyrotechnic device; and a shrouding for isolating the junction of the second electric match component and the time fuse from the lift charge; wherein when (i) the first electric match component is connected to the lift charge of the pyrotechnic device, (ii) the second electric match component is connected to the time fuse of the pyrotechnic device, (iii) the electric match assembly is connected to the leader, and (iv) an initiation signal is applied to the leader, the first electric match component initiates the lift charge of the pyrotechnic device and the second electric match component initiates the time fuse connected to the burst charge of the pyrotechnic device, whereby the first electric match component and the second electric match component function simultaneously with one another so that the initiation of the lift charge and the initiation of the time fuse for the burst charge occur simultaneously.