US Patent Issued to Breault Research Organization on Dec. 9 for "Miniature electronic safe arm device" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,887, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Breault Research Organization Inc. (Tucson, Ariz.).

"Miniature electronic safe arm device" was invented by John J. Spilotro (Tucson, Ariz.) and John D. Willett (Tucson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a miniature electronic safe arm device (MESAD) kit. The MESAD kit comprises a munition adapter. a high explosive booster charge. a low energy exploding foil initiator (LEEFI) detonator, and a warhead initiation module. The munition adapter comprises a male threaded portion configured to thread into a female threaded portion at an end of a munition shell. The MESAD kit enables conve...