Electric primer

US8277585B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · US

Inventors

• Rao Yalamanchili · Flanders, US
• John Hirlinger · Hackettstown, US
• Christopher Csernica · Hackettstown, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 4, 2011
• Grant date: Oct 2, 2012
• Expiry date: Jan 4, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C06C7/00
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Improved electric primer compositions, structures, and methods that are compatible with existing munitions and in particular an exemplary electric primer composition including carbon nanotubes along with energetic primer mixture(s) and an exemplary primer structure including layers of energetic materials wherein a layer exhibiting the most energetic character is positioned proximate to a primer button. Alternative embodiments include both conductive and non-conductive layers.