INITIATOR WITH A SLIP PLANE BETWEEN AN IGNITION CHARGE AND AN OUTPUT CHARGE

摘要

A pyrotechnic initiator having an initiator (56) including a relatively low monolithic ignition charge (34) that is separated from an overlying output charge by an intermediary slip plane (45). The slip plane (45) may simply be a non-integral junction between monolithic ignition (34) and output (32) charges, or it may be a junction between a monolithic ignition (34) charge and a non-monolithic (32) output charge, or it may be a void or barrier between the ignition (34) and output (32) charges.