Charging system for electric bomb fuzes (u)

Claim 1

An environmental charging system for providing energy to electric bomb fuzes without the use of external charging equipment, comprising: a. an electric fuze bomb having an existing charging well common to electrically fuzed bombs and centrally located along the longitudinal portion of the bomb; b. a proximity sensor connected to said charging well by a multiwire cable and centrally located at the forward portion of the bomb for providing target signals; c. an electric fuze connected to said charging well by an additional multiwire cable and responsive to said target signals for actuating an explosive mechanism; d. slipstream actuated energizing means for providing electric energy to said proximity sensor and to said electric fuze in response to a predetermined threshold fluid flow, said slipstream actuated energizer including a resonant cavity for producing fluid oscillations of said input fluid, said energizer being located within said charging well; e. fluid input means within said energizing means for receiving slipstream fluid flow along said bomb; f. fluid output means for exhausting a portion of said slipstream fluid; g. mechanical means responsive to said slipstream fluid flow comprising a diaphragm that vibrates in response to said fluid oscillations and a rod connected to said diaphragm to transmit vibrations to a metallic reed positioned within a magnetic field; h. a magnetic field coupled with said mechanical means for producing electrical signals in response to said mechanical means; and a magnetic lock means to prevent magnetic field actuation until a preselected minimum air velocity is attained; i. voltage regulating means for controlling said electrical signal to provide a predetermined voltage output; j. safety cover means being secured by an O-ring seal and retaining nut to shield said input and output means; and k. an arming lanyard to remove said safety cover means upon release of said bomb from the aircraft.