Apparatus and methods for disrupting/disabling explosive ordnance
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorsLee Foltz, Adam J. Pegouske, Daniel McCarthy, George R. Torres
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Abstract
Explosive devices may be formed from hollow members filled with explosive materials. The hollow members may be made of mating halves that are packed or loaded with explosive material prior to the mating halves being joined together. In some exemplary aspects, the hollow members are placed in fluid-filled containers such that the explosive reaction creates a wave of fluid that impacts a target. Components of the devices may be COTS items and items that may be manufacture with 3D printers.
Claims52
An explosive device, comprising:
- a hollow cylindrical tube having a mating pair of semi-cylindrical halves,
- wherein the hollow cylindrical tube includes opposing ends of lesser outside diameter than an outside diameter of the remainder of the tube,
- wherein the hollow cylindrical tube includes a pair of spaced-apart flanges formed on an interior surface thereof, each flange including a central opening therein, and
- wherein the hollow cylindrical tube includes first and second sleeves disposed over the lesser diameter opposing ends of the tube to hold the semi-cylindrical halves together;
- explosive material being disposed in the hollow cylindrical tube between the pair of spaced-apart flanges;
- and
- a length of detonation cord extending from inside one of the pair of spaced-apart flanges, through the central opening of the one of the pair of flanges and through one of the first and second sleeves to a point that is exterior to the explosive device.
An explosive device, comprising:
- a hollow member being formed of a mating pair of halves,
- wherein the hollow member includes opposing ends and includes a pair of spaced-apart flanges formed on an interior surface thereof,
- wherein each of the pair of spaced-apart flanges includes a central opening therein, and
- wherein the hollow member includes first and second sleeves disposed over the opposing ends of the member to thereby hold the mating halves together;
- an explosive material being disposed in the hollow member;
- and
- a length of detonation cord extending from inside one of the pair of spaced-apart flanges, through the central opening of the one of the pair of flanges and through one of the first and second sleeves to a point that is exterior to the explosive device.
An explosive device, comprising:
- a hollow cylindrical tube having a mating pair of semi-cylindrical halves,
- wherein the hollow cylindrical tube includes opposing ends of lesser outside diameter than an outside diameter of the remainder of the tube,
- wherein the hollow cylindrical tube includes a pair of spaced-apart flanges formed on an interior surface thereof, each flange including a central opening therein, and
- wherein the hollow cylindrical tube includes first and second sleeves disposed over the lesser diameter opposing ends of the tube to hold the semi-cylindrical halves together;
- and
- a length of detonation cord being disposed in the hollow cylindrical tube between the pair of spaced-apart flanges,
- wherein said length of said detonation cord extends from inside one of the pair of spaced-apart flanges, through the central opening of the one of the pair of flanges and through one of the first and second sleeves to a point that is exterior to the explosive device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.