Deflagration to detonation transition device

TJ Wuensche, J Barker, G Moritz - US Patent 8,161,880, 2012 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND High explosives and exploding devices are employed in a wide variety of
commercial applications, for example, in mining, in hydrocarbon production, in building …

Deflagration to detonation transition device

TJ Wuensche, J Barker, G Moritz - US Patent 8,286,555, 2012 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND High explosives and exploding devices are employed in a wide variety of
commercial applications, for example, in mining, in hydrocarbon production, in building …

Explosives with embedded bodies

FG Badger, LG Bahr - US Patent 6,508,177, 2003 - Google Patents
An explosive charge such as a cast booster charge (10, 110, 210) includes an explosive
charge (14, 114, 214) having a first explosive matrix material (114 a, 214 a) with discrete …

Non-energetics based detonator

RF Backhus, RW Givens, JA Klein, RL Loeser… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A detonator system is provided for use with explosives that utilizes two
Subsystems. A first Subsystem functions as a non-explosives based detonator, which does …

Non-energetics based detonator

RF Backhus, RW Givens, JA Klein, RL Loeser… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A detonator system is provided for use with explosives that utilizes two
Subsystems. A first Subsystem functions as a non-explosives based detonator, which does …

Energy dense explosives

JW Jones - US Patent 6,679,960, 2004 - Google Patents
The present invention is directed to EDE (Energy Dense Explosives), wherein particles of a
reducing metal and a metal oxide are dispersed throughout a conventional high explosive …

Detonators for use with explosive devices

NC Lerche, JE Brooks, KE Rozek - US Patent 6,752,083, 2004 - Google Patents
A detonator assembly for use with explosive devices includes a support structure, an
exploding foil initiator mounted on the support structure, and a barrel attached to the support …

Initiator modules, munitions systems including initiator modules, and related methods

JD Lucas, DL Kurschner, TE MacPherson - US Patent 8,408,132, 2013 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND Explosives used in military combat may be initiated by detonation devices.
Due to the destructive nature of explo-25 sives, these detonation devices may incorporate …

Explosive part with selectable initiation

C Thuman - US Patent App. 13/060,962, 2011 - Google Patents
0001. The present invention relates to an explosive part, intended to form part of an
explosive device for combating different targets and combat situations, which explosive part …

Explosive neutralizer and method

SD Maegerlein, GL Broxton - US Patent 7,690,287, 2010 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND Most conventional explosive devices such as explosive weapons are
configured to detonate at a predetermined time or under predetermined conditions, by …