ENHANCED RELIABILITY MINIATURE PISTON ACTUATOR FOR AN ELECTRONIC THERMAL BATTERY INITIATOR

摘要

A system for a piston actuator comprising a configuration with lead styphnate charge material and Nichrome® bridgewire, wherein the device configuration provides very high reliability, including piston actuator applications; resistance of the bridgewire is carefully controlled to optimize power transfer from the firing circuit to the bridgewire and charge material.