Patent ID: 8616129

Claim:
A cartridge, comprising: a casing comprising a wall being disposed about an interior space, said interior space extends along an elongate length; an explosive charge being located within said interior space; a fuse being disposed adjacent said explosive charge along said elongate length in said interior space, a length of said fuse along said elongate length is a preselected elongate length to affect a preselected burn time of said fuse; and a staked plate being disposed at a distally opposite end of said fuse from said explosive charge, wherein said staked plate includes protuberances disposed to cut into said wall effective to fix the position of said fuse along, and the length of said fuse in, said elongate length in said interior space, wherein said staked plate is a first staked plate, wherein said cartridge further comprises a second staked plate, wherein said second staked plate disposed at the end of said fuse adjacent to said explosive charge, wherein said second staked plate includes protuberances disposed to cut into said wall effective to mount said second staked plate in said interior space, and wherein said first staked plate and said second staked plate are together effective to mount said fuse in, and preselectedly delimit the length of, said fuse in said interior space.