Wire mounting for an electric fuze of a shaped-charge projectile

Claim 1

AN EXPLOSIVE PROJECTILE WITH A SHAPED-CHARGE, SAID PROJECTILE COMPRISING AN ELONGATED METAL SHELL; AN ELONGATED INNER METAL SHELL MOUNTED WITHIN THE OUTER SHELL ELECTRICALLY INSULATED THEREFROM AND SEPARATED BY A HOLLOW SPACE, SAID INNER SHELL BEING DISPOSED IN A FORWARD PORTION OF THE OUTER SHELL, THE SIDE WALL OF THE INNER SHELL BEING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE SIDE WALL OF SAID OUTER SHELL PORTION; AN ELECTRIC FUZE MOUNTED IN THE REAR END OF SAID SHELL, SAID FUZE HAVING TWO EXTERNAL TERMINALS, AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING CONNECTION BETWEEN SAID TERMINALS CAUSING AN ACTIVATION OF THE FUZE, ONE OF SAID TERMINALS BEING ELECTRICALLY AND MECHANICALLY CONNECTED TO SAID OUTER SHELL; AN EXPLOSIVE SHAPED-CHARGE IN THE REAR PORTION OF SAID OUTER SHELL, A GENERALLY CONICAL LINER MOUNTED IN SAID REAR PORTION OF THE OUTER SHELL COAXIALLY THEREWITH AND LINING SAID CHARGE TO DEFINE A GENERALLY CONICAL HOLLOW SPACE IN SAID REAR PORTION, THE APEX OF THE LINER FACING THE FUZE; AND A CONDUCTOR WIRE CONNECTING SAID INNER SHELL TO THE OTHER TERMINAL OF SAID FUZE, SAID WIRE EXTENDING TAUTLY STRETCHED THROUGH SAID GENERALLY CONICAL SPACE AND BEING ECCENTRICALLY DISPOSED WITH RESPECT TO THE CENTER AXIS OF THE LINER, METALLIC CONTACT BETWEEN SAID INNER SHELL AND SAID OUTER SHELL DUE TO A DEFORMATION OF AT LEAST ONE OF THE PARALLEL SIDE WALLS OF THE SHELLS CAUSING AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TERMINALS WHEREBY THE FUZE IS ACTIVATED.