Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Explosive initiation safety and handling system for explosive ordnance disposal robots
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Application No.: US15135232Application Date: 2016-04-21
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Publication No.: US10247526B2Publication Date: 2019-04-02
- Inventor: Aaron Bruce Burmeister , Kurt Arthur Talke , Daniel Tai Yung Leung , Mendel Lewis Baker, Jr. , Matthew E. Jones
- Applicant: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Applicant Address: US DC Washington
- Assignee: The United States of America as represented by Secretary of the Navy
- Current Assignee: The United States of America as represented by Secretary of the Navy
- Current Assignee Address: US DC Washington
- Agency: SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific
- Agent Kyle Eppele; Susanna Torke
- Main IPC: F41H11/14
- IPC: F41H11/14 ; F41H11/16 ; F41H7/00 ; F42B33/06

Abstract:
A system with a spool base frame having an initiator, an interrupter, control electronics, and a proximity sensor connected thereto, wherein the spool base frame is configured to hold a shock tube spooling mechanism, the interrupter is configured to allow installation and spooling of a spool of shock tube disposed on the shock tube spooling mechanism, the interrupter is configured to cut spooled shock tube from the spool of shock tube, the control electronics are configured to send a signal directing the interrupter to cut the spooled shock tube from the spool, the interrupter is configured to physically redirect and splice the cut shock tube to a second shock tube connected to the initiator, and the interrupter is configured to discharge the cut shock tube after the shock tube is fired and spent.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170343323A1 Explosive Initiation Safety and Handling System for Explosive Ordnance Disposal Robots Public/Granted day:2017-11-30
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