CONNECTION DEVICE WITH SEPARATION CONTROLLED BY NON-PYROTECHNIC THERMAL EFFECT WITH REDUCED REACTION TIME
In order to provide a temporary connection between two structure elements (12, 14), such as two parts of a space launcher or of another type of spacecraft or aircraft, a connection device (16) with controlled separation comprises a thermally breakable layer (32), two thermal containment layers (30A, 30B), between which the thermally breakable layer is arranged, and an electrically conductive element (34) arranged between the two thermal containment layers in such a way as to heat the thermally breakable layer using the Joule effect when an electric current passes through the electrically conductive element.