DEVICE FOR SEPARATION OF STRUCTURE MEMBERS Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: missile spacecraft, instantaneous separation of structures. SUBSTANCE: device for separation of structure members has a body made integral with a tail piece. The body accommodate a pyroenergy sensor and a piston with cutting edges on the end face, which are engageable with the stepped section of joint of the body and tail piece; the body and piston are made conjugate by the tapered surfaces. EFFECT: fragmentationless, impactless separation of structures, reduces mass of the device. 1 dwg