101 |
Rotating and oscillating breaching device with reactive material |
US14444655 |
2014-07-28 |
US09175938B2 |
2015-11-03 |
Darrel Barnette; Eric Bleicken |
A breaching device for non-explosively cutting through a substrate, such as the leg of an offshore oil platform or other large cylinder from within the leg or large cylinder. The device includes a ring and a plurality of Reactive Material (RM) feed assemblies. Each RM feed assembly is arranged around the ring and includes an extendible nozzle. Each RM feed assembly includes a cavity that may contain RM that when ignited exits the nozzle. The nozzles are spring loaded and arranged to extend toward the inner surface of the substrate to be cut when the ring is rotated and/or oscillated. This arrangement results in a substantially uniform cut of the substrate from within with much less danger, material, equipment and cost than is currently required to remove large water-based structures. |
102 |
Perforating System Comprising an Energetic Material |
US14723124 |
2015-05-27 |
US20150267515A1 |
2015-09-24 |
Randy L. Evans; Freeman L. Hill; Avigdor Hetz; Jeffrey Honekamp |
A perforating system, including a shaped charge assembly comprising a charge case, a liner, and a main body of explosive. The material of the perforating system components, including the gun body, the charge case and the liner may be comprised of an energetic material that conflagrates upon detonation of the shaped charge. The material may be an oxidizer, tungsten, cement particles, rubber compounds, compound fibers, KEVLAR®, steel, steel alloys, zinc, and combinations thereof. |
103 |
Explosive Charge |
US14330332 |
2014-07-14 |
US20150247710A1 |
2015-09-03 |
Roland Alford; Sidney Alford |
Container (10) is generally cylindrical except for a longitudinal concave groove (11) extending along its entire length. Upon explosion, the contour of this groove (11) results in a focussing effect on the wall material due to the oblique angle at which the expanding cylindrical detonation wave front impacts upon its inner wall. This produces the forging of a rough rod-like projectile (111) which, being coherent, maintains its velocity and consequently travels much further than the randomly shaped projectiles (101). |
104 |
Munitions having an insensitive detonator system for initiating large failure diameter explosives |
US13722671 |
2012-12-20 |
US09097503B1 |
2015-08-04 |
William Leroy Perry, III |
A munition according to a preferred embodiment can include a detonator system having a detonator that is selectively coupled to a microwave source that functions to selectively prime, activate, initiate, and/or sensitize an insensitive explosive material for detonation. The preferred detonator can include an explosive cavity having a barrier within which an insensitive explosive material is disposed and a waveguide coupled to the explosive cavity. The preferred system can further include a microwave source coupled to the waveguide such that microwaves enter the explosive cavity and impinge on the insensitive explosive material to sensitize the explosive material for detonation. In use the preferred embodiments permit the deployment and use of munitions that are maintained in an insensitive state until the actual time of use, thereby substantially preventing unauthorized or unintended detonation thereof. |
105 |
Projectile Launching Devices and Methods and Apparatus Using Same |
US13853313 |
2013-03-29 |
US20140338554A1 |
2014-11-20 |
Sean K. Treadway; Andrew N. Lloyd |
A projectile launching device includes a reactive driver, a flyer housing, a flyer and a compressible buffer member. When detonated, the reactive driver will generate a detonation shock wave. The flyer housing defines a bore. The flyer is disposed in the bore and has a rear surface. The buffer member is interposed between the reactive driver and the flyer. The buffer member has a front surface in direct contact with the rear surface of the flyer. The buffer member is configured and arranged to: receive the detonation shock wave from the reactive driver; modify the detonation shock wave to generate a modified shock wave; and transmit the modified shock wave directly to the flyer to thereby propel the flyer away from the buffer member. |
106 |
Remote initiator breaching system |
US13496420 |
2009-12-02 |
US08621998B2 |
2014-01-07 |
Roger Neil Ballantine; Tony Humphries; Deon Grobler; Drago Lavrencic; David Hamilton |
A remote initiator breaching system for initiating breaching charges over a short range requiring no physical link between the breacher and the demolition charge. The remote initiator breaching system has at least one transmitter, at least one receiver, at least one shock tube connectable to a breaching charge and a power source for each of the transmitter and receiver. The transmitter is able to generate and transmit a coded signal. The transmitter has an input for inputting operational commands into the transmitter for generating the coded signal, The transmitter has a plurality of channels representing different frequency bands, and multiple addresses for each channel such that transmission of the coded signal from the transmitter to the receiver is possible per individual addresses or all addresses simultaneously. |
107 |
DISSOLVABLE MATERIAL APPLICATION IN PERFORATING |
US13688329 |
2012-11-29 |
US20130087061A1 |
2013-04-11 |
Manuel P. Marya; Wenbo Yang; Lawrence A. Behrmann; Steven W. Henderson; Robert Ference |
A shaped charge includes a charge case; a liner; an explosive retained between the charge case and the liner; and a primer core disposed in a hole in the charge case and in contact with the explosive, wherein at least one of the case, the liner, the primer core, and the explosive comprising a material soluble in a selected fluid. A perforation system includes a perforation gun, comprising a gun housing that includes a safety valve or a firing valve, wherein the safety valve or the firing valve comprises a material soluble in a selected fluid. |
108 |
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR HIGH-IMPULSE FUZE BOOSTER FOR INSENSITIVE MUNITIONS |
US13294507 |
2011-11-11 |
US20120055366A1 |
2012-03-08 |
Bryan F. Berlin; Kim L. Christianson |
A high impulse fuze booster includes a booster explosive charge positioned within an explosive charge cavity of a booster housing. A substantially planar flyer plate is coupled with the booster housing, and a detonation waveshaper is positioned within the booster explosive charge. A low-sensitivity explosive charge is opposed to the substantially planar flyer plate. The booster explosive charge is configured to generate a detonation wave and the detonation waveshaper shapes the detonation wave into a planar detonation wave, the planar detonation wave is parallel to the substantially planar flyer plate. The planar detonation wave interacts with the substantially planar flyer plate in two or more stages including a planar striking stage and a planar contact stage where the planar detonation wave carries the substantially planar flyer plate into planar contact with a plurality of surfaces of the low-sensitivity explosive charge to initiate the low-sensitivity explosive charge. |
109 |
Methods and apparatus for high-impulse fuze booster for insensitive munitions |
US12429811 |
2009-04-24 |
US08056478B2 |
2011-11-15 |
Bryan F. Berlin; Kim L. Christianson |
A method for initiating a low-sensitivity explosive charge includes initiating a booster explosive charge within an explosive charge cavity in a booster housing, and generating a planar detonation wave. Generating the planar detonation wave includes directing a detonation wave through the booster housing along a first waveshaper surface of a detonation waveshaper. The detonation wave is directed around the first waveshaper surface toward a second tapered waveshaper surface. After progressing around the first waveshaper surface, the detonation wave is directed along the second tapered waveshaper surface. The detonation wave changes into a planar detonation wave as the detonation wave moves along the second tapered waveshaper surface, the planar detonation wave includes a planar wave front. The planar detonation wave strikes a flyer plate coupled over the explosive charge cavity of the booster housing, and the planar wave front makes planar contact along an inner face of the flyer plate. |
110 |
Warhead booster explosive lens |
US12985970 |
2011-01-06 |
US08037822B2 |
2011-10-18 |
A. Russ Althof; William R. Hawkins; Henri Y. Kim |
A cost-effective solution is proposed to improve explosive transfer between booster and warhead that is compatible with the existing base of general purpose warheads and flexible to work with new warhead configurations. A booster lens is placed in the fuze well that concentrates the pressure wave to penetrate the fuze well with a peak pressure that exceeds the detonation threshold and detonate the warhead explosive. The booster lens can be configured to control the direction of the concentrated lobe to penetrate the fuze well where the barriers are low. |
111 |
Yield enhancing device and method of use |
US31548708 |
2008-11-26 |
USH2259H |
2011-07-05 |
BOSWELL CHRISTOPHER; PANGILINAN GERARDO |
A method and apparatus for enhancing explosive yield is provided. The apparatus generally includes an energetic charge operatively associated with a guide. The guide is operatively associated with a reactive material. According to an aspect of the method, the energetic charge is activated to produce a shockwave to impact a reactive material. The shockwave is focused by the guide to impact the reactive material. Impacting the reactive material releases energy in the reactive material to enhance the yield of the energetic charge. |
112 |
Method and apparatus for stimulating wells with propellants |
US12488160 |
2009-06-19 |
US07950457B2 |
2011-05-31 |
Dale B. Seekford |
The present invention relates to apparatus and methods to stimulate subterranean production and injection wells, such as oil and gas wells, utilizing rocket propellants. Rapid production of high-pressure gas from controlled combustion of a propellant, during initial ignition and subsequent combustion, together with proper positioning of the energy source in relation to geologic formations, can be used to establish and maintain increased formation porosity and flow conditions with respect to the pay zone. |
113 |
Warhead booster explosive lens |
US11779568 |
2007-07-18 |
US07921775B1 |
2011-04-12 |
E. Russ Althof; William R. Hawkins; Henri Y. Kim |
A cost-effective solution is proposed to improve explosive transfer between booster and warhead that is compatible with the existing base of general purpose warheads and flexible to work with new warhead configurations. A booster lens is placed in the fuze well that concentrates the pressure wave to penetrate the fuze well with a peak pressure that exceeds the detonation threshold and detonate the warhead explosive. The booster lens can be configured to control the direction of the concentrated lobe to penetrate the fuze well where the barriers are low. |
114 |
Explosive Charge |
US12281594 |
2007-03-05 |
US20100018427A1 |
2010-01-28 |
Alford Roland; Alford Sidney |
Container (10) is generally cylindrical except for a longitudinal concave groove (11) extending along its entire length. Upon explosion, the contour of this groove (11) results in a focussing effect on the wall material due to the oblique angle at which the expanding cylindrical detonation wave front impacts upon its inner wall. This produces the forging of a rough rod-like projectile (111) which, being coherent, maintains its velocity and consequently travels much further than the randomly shaped projectiles (101). |
115 |
Energy Controlling Device |
US11306121 |
2005-12-16 |
US20060201371A1 |
2006-09-14 |
Haoming Li; Chantal Smitheman; Claude Jones; Frederick Lemme |
The present invention provides an apparatus capable of influencing explosive energy during wellbore applications. In one embodiment, a cap or other interfering element may be arranged proximate to an explosive charge prior to detonation. The size and positioning of the element with respect to the explosive charge may be manipulated to achieve an optimum explosive orientation. A ring element having a bore therethrough may be utilized for directing the explosive energy of the charge upon detonation. |
116 |
Explosive pressure wave concentrator |
US10500705 |
2002-12-17 |
US20060027123A1 |
2006-02-09 |
Andre Van Dyk; Edward Tota |
Apparatus for breaking rock which includes a first cartridge (30) with a base (32) and a side wall (34) which form an enclosure, and a propellant (42) inside the enclosure, and wherein a discontinuous relatively weaker region (60) of the container is formed at a junction between the wall and the base. |
117 |
Method and apparatus for controlled small-charge blasting by decoupled explosive |
US09710497 |
2000-11-10 |
US06435096B1 |
2002-08-20 |
John David Watson |
A cartridge containing an explosive charge is inserted at the bottom of a short hole drilled in the rock. The cartridge is held in place or stemmed by a massive stemming bar of high-strength material such as steel. The cartridge incorporates additional internal volume designed to control the application of pressure in the bottom hole volume by the detonating explosive. The primary method by which the high-pressure gases are contained in the hole bottom until relieved by the opening up of controlled fractures, is by the massive inertial stemming bar which blocks the flow of gas up the drill hole except for a small leak path between the stemming bar and the drill hole walls. The stemming bar is preferably connected to a boom mounted on a carrier. A preferred embodiment incorporates an indexing mechanism to allow both a drill and a small-charge blasting apparatus to be used on the same boom for drilling and subsequent charge insertion and firing operations. |
118 |
Explosive diode transfer system for a modular perforating apparatus |
US718494 |
1991-06-19 |
US5216197A |
1993-06-01 |
Klaus B. Huber; Antoni K. L. Miszewski |
An explosive diode transfer system is interconnected between adjacent perforating guns of a modular perforating apparatus. The explosive diode transfer system includes a downwardly directed shaped charge, a booster, and a multi-density barrier interposed between the shaped charge and the booster. The multi-density barrier includes a first metal layer and a second metal layer spaced from the first metal layer thereby defining a sealed air-space between the first and second metal layers. The first metal layer, air space, second metal layer combination represents a plurality of different density barriers or layers which are collectively designed to prevent a first detonation wave, propagating from the booster to the shaped charge, from propagating therethrough, but nevertheless to allow a jet, propagating from the shaped charge to the booster, to propagate therethrough. The multi-density character of the barrier and the air space reflect and therefore completely attenuate the first detonation wave as it propagates from the booster to the shaped charge, but does not significantly attenuate the jet propagating from the shaped charge to the booster. Therefore, the explosive diode transfer system functions like a diode, allowing propagation in one direction, but not allowing propagation in the opposite direction. Consequently, the multi-density barrier of the explosive diode transfer system prevents a back fired detonation wave originating from a lower oriented perforating gun from detonating a higher oriented perforating gun in the modular perforating apparatus. |
119 |
Shaped charge warhead including shock wave forming surface |
US183651 |
1980-09-02 |
US4359943A |
1982-11-23 |
John N. Majerus |
A shock-wave-reflecting surface and low density matter or gas within the ntal ogive of a shaped charge warhead ahead of the concave liner thereof modifies the speed and consequent distribution of particles in the stretching jet to improve armor penetration capability. |
120 |
Process and arrangement for guiding the effect of underwater detonations
of underwater explosive bodies |
US543247 |
1975-01-22 |
US4337703A |
1982-07-06 |
Hartmut Schoner |
A method and apparatus are disclosed for guiding and increasing the effect of underwater detonation of an underwater explosive body, characterized in that a hollow space is defined adjacent the explosive body on the side thereof facing the target, whereby upon detonation of the explosive body, gases of high density are generated in the hollow space which are accelerated to high speed prior to meeting with the surrounding water. |