IP Library Granted Patent US 7,205,879
Granted Patent B2
US 7,205,879 · App. 10/876,457 · Granted Apr 17, 2007

Chisel for a pyromechanical disconnecting device

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Patent No.
US 7,205,879
App. No.
10/876,457
Granted
Apr 17, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a pyromechanical disconnecting device having a housing ( 2 ) in which an electrical conductor ( 3 ) is arranged, having a cutting plunger ( 5 ) and a cutting chisel ( 8 ) made of plastic arranged thereon for severing the electrical conductor ( 3 ), and having a pyrotechnic igniter ( 1 ) in which a pyrotechnic charge is arranged for driving the cutting plunger ( 5 ), the cutting chisel ( 8 ) having an edge that slides along a mating edge of the housing ( 2 ) or of a component ( 4 ) of the housing ( 2 ) when the cutting plunger ( 5 ) or the cutting chisel ( 8 ) is driven and when the electrical conductor ( 3 ) is severed. In order to achieve better cutting power, it is proposed that the edge of the cutting chisel ( 8 ) and/or the mating edge of the housing ( 2 ) or of a component ( 4 ) of the housing ( 2 ) comprise an inserted structural element ( 6, 7 ) having a greater hardness than plastic.

Claims (9)

1. Pyromechanical disconnecting device having a housing in which an electrical conductor is arranged and clamped therein by a lock component, having a cutting plunger and a cutting chisel made of plastic arranged thereon for severing the electrical conductor, having a pyrotechnics igniter in which a pyrotechnics charge for driving the cutting plunger is arranged, the cutting chisel having an edge that slides along a mating edge of the lock component when the electrical conductor is severed, and having an inserted structural element having a greater hardness than plastic coupled to the edge of the cutting chisel and/or the mating edge of the lock component.

2. Disconnecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the inserted structural element is made of steel or a ceramic.

3. Disconnecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the inserted structural element has sharp cutting edges.

4. Disconnecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the inserted structural element has the shape of an inserted tip.

5. Disconnecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the cutting plunger with the cutting chisel and/or the lock component is manufactured by plastic injection molding, and the inserted structural element is laid into the injection mold at the time of injection molding and is thus an integral constituent of the cutting chisel or of the lock component.

6. Pyromechanical disconnecting device having a housing in which an electrical conductor is arranged and clamped therein by a lock component, having a cutting plunger and a cutting chisel made of plastic arranged thereon for severing the electrical conductor, having a pyrotechnics igniter in which a pyrotechnics charge for driving the cutting plunger is arranged, the cutting chisel having an edge that slides along a mating edge of the lock component when the electrical conductor is severed, and having an inserted structural element having a greater hardness than plastic coupled to the edge of the cutting chisel and/or the mating edge of the lock component, and wherein the edge of the cutting chisel formed by the structural element is made V-shaped, acutely tapered, or obliquely shaped in longitudinal section.

7. Disconnecting device according to claim 6 , wherein an angle of the edge of the inserted structural element of the cutting chisel on an end face is between 180 degrees and 90 degrees.

8. Pyromechanical disconnecting device having a housing in which an electrical conductor is arranged and clamped therein by a lock component, having a cutting plunger and a cutting chisel made of plastic arranged thereon for severing the electrical conductor, having a pyrotechnics igniter in which a pyrotechnics charge for driving the cutting plunger is arranged, the cutting chisel having an edge that slides along a mating edge of the lock component when the electrical conductor is severed, and having an inserted structural element having a greater hardness than plastic coupled to the edge of the cutting chisel and/or the mating edge of the lock component, and wherein the structural element of the cutting chisel reaches into the cutting plunger and there extends substantially perpendicularly to the edge.

9. Disconnecting device according to claim 8 , wherein the inserted structural element of the cutting chisel has the shape of an angle or the shape of an L.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2010
From: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
Reel/Frame 024690/0434 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2007
From: ROWELL, CORBETT
To: HONG KONG APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 020258/0336 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 11, 2005
From: DYNAMIT NOBEL GMBH EXPLOSIVSTOFF - UND SYSTEMTECHNIK
To: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 016871/0883 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2004
From: KORDEL, GERHARD; KNAUSS, JURGEN
To: DYNAMIT NOBEL AIS GMBH
Reel/Frame 015988/0286 →