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Micro-Scale Inertial Igniter for Miniature Thermal Battery

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: W15QKN-07-C-0014
Agency Tracking Number: A062-049-3406
Amount: $69,982.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: A06-049
Solicitation Number: 2006.2
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2006
Award Year: 2006
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2006-11-03
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2007-05-03
Small Business Information
825 S. Myrtle Ave.
Monrovia, CA 91016
United States
DUNS: 195754056
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Amish Desai
 Senior Scientist
 (626) 471-9700
 amish.desai@tanner.com
Business Contact
 Kevin Dinniene
Title: Controller
Phone: (626) 471-9778
Email: kevin@tanner.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

Tanner Research, Inc. proposes to implement in Phase I a TRL-5 micro-scale inertial igniter suitable for gun-launched activation of miniature thermal batteries. Tanner’s inertial device uses MEMS-based S&A functionality to close a hypergolic switch and initiate a pyrotechnic to heat and liquefy molten-salt electrolyte activating a miniature thermal battery. Tanner’s inertial component is multifunctional and designed to meet very tight (e.g., 1000-to-1500 “g” for 5 msec), or very loose (e.g., 1000-to-50,000 “g” for 5 msec) gun-launch setback environments. Similarly, the device is designed to survive a 7-to-40 foot drop onto concrete (e.g., 1000 “g” BUT only lasting less than 1 msec) without tripping the hypergolic switch. This unique functionality comes from an innovative built-in micro-channel compressibility feature. Therefore, to survive the drop test, the design cannot be vacuum-sealed. However, the inertial igniter must ultimately survive a 20-year shelf life requirement so Tanner will determine in Phase II which inert gas will not react unfavorably with the thermal battery electrolyte to be used.

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