ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,315, issued on June 30, was assigned to Reynolds Systems Inc. (Middletown, Calif.).
"Modular exploding foil initiator assembly" was invented by Daniel Swenston (Middletown, Calif.) and Brent Chicoine (Middletown, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exploding foil initiator (EFI) assembly includes: a housing assembly, having a base, one or more elongated supports spaced about a circumference of the base extending axially away from the base, and protuberances extending radially-inwardly toward a central axis; a spring configured to compress a leadframe, an insulator, a pellet sleeve, and an explosive pellet; and a retainer cap wit...