# US 12,761,007 B2 · Systems and methods for wireless electronic blasting > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,761,007 B2 - Document ID: US12761007B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/876,982 - Filed: 2023-06-21 - Published: 2026-01-22 - Granted: 2026-10-13 - Earliest claimed: 2022-06-22 - Assignees: Orica International Pte Ltd - Applicants: Orica International Pte Ltd - Inventors: Adam Riboldi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12761007B2 ## CPC - F42D 1/045: Arrangements for electric ignition (dynamo-electric generators H02K) - F42D 1/10: Feeding explosives in granular or slurry form; Feeding explosives by pneumatic or hydraulic pressure - F42D 1/22: Methods for holding or positioning for blasting cartridges or tamping cartridges - F42D: BLASTING (fuses, e.g. fuse cords, C06C5/00; {for obtaining fluid from wells E21B43/00; for mining or quarrying E21C37/00; for making tunnels or galleries E21D9/006}; cartridges F42B3/00) ## Abstract Disclosed herein are systems and methods/processes for wireless electronic blasting (WEB), in particular for commercial/civil blasting operations that use wireless blasting-related devices that are deployable or deployed within portions of a physical medium (e.g., a rock formation) intended to be blasted as part of a commercial/civil blasting operation. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for wireless electronic blasting, comprising: a deployment device configured to secure a wireless device while the wireless device is being deployed into or in a borehole; a deploy control system in operative communication with the deployment device, the deploy control system configured to control (i) an extension control mechanism to guide the deployment device into or in the borehole, and (ii) the deployment device to release the wireless device at or to a predefined operational location in the borehole, the predefined operational location being located at a selected depth from an end of the borehole at which the wireless device is deployable; and a dispense control system configured to control a dispense system that automatically dispenses one or more bulk explosive materials into the borehole coordinated with the deployment of the wireless device at the predefined operational location. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the deployment device includes a securing arrangement to secure the wireless device in a secure position in or on the deployment device by applying a retaining force to the wireless device, and wherein the securing arrangement includes (a) a passive securing arrangement that applies the securing force without requiring energy or power; and/or (b) an active securing arrangement that applies the securing force in response to an activation signal. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, further including a depth sensor system configured to provide a depth signal for the deploy control system to automatically determine that the wireless device is at the predefined operational location. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further including a depth sensor system configured to provide a depth signal for the deploy control system to automatically determine that the wireless device is at the predefined operational location. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, wherein the deployment device is configured to release the wireless device from the deployment device by applying an ejection force to the wireless device to eject the wireless device to the predefined operational location. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the deployment device is configured to release the wireless device from the deployment device by applying an ejection force to the wireless device to eject the wireless device to the predefined operational location. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6, wherein the deployment device includes an ejection mechanism to provide the ejection force, and wherein the ejection mechanism includes (a) a passive ejection mechanism that applies the ejection force with stored potential energy, and/or (b) an active ejection mechanism that applies the ejection force in response to an activation signal with energy from an energy source. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further including a link configured to hold and guide the deployment device into or in the borehole substantially to the predefined operational location. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the dispense system includes a delivery conduit configured to carry the one or more bulk explosive materials into the borehole. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the link includes the delivery conduit. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the dispense system includes a delivery conduit configured to carry the one or more bulk explosive materials into the borehole. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the wireless device includes: a wireless initiation device configured to initiate the bulk explosive materials; or a wireless marker. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the wireless initiation device is in the form of a wireless primer with a booster explosive charge to initiate the bulk explosive materials. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the wireless device includes: a wireless initiation device configured to initiate the bulk explosive materials; or a wireless marker. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the wireless device is moved into or in the borehole at least partially to the predefined operational location, by way of the deployment device being moved into or in the borehole with the wireless device retained by the deployment device. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the deployment device is forced, driven, drawn, lowered, and/or raised into or in the borehole with the wireless device retained by the deployment device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the deployment device is configured to secure the wireless device while the wireless device is being deployed along the borehole, and the deploy control system is configured to control the extension control mechanism to guide the deployment device along the borehole. ### Claim 18 A method for wireless electronic blasting, comprising: securing a wireless device in or to a deployment device while the deployment device is being moved in or into a borehole; controlling an extension control mechanism to guide the deployment device with the wireless device in or into the borehole; and controlling the deployment device and a dispense system in a coordinated manner so as to, respectively, release the wireless device to a predefined operational location in the borehole and automatically dispense bulk explosive materials into the borehole, and wherein the predefined operational location being located at a selected depth from an end of the borehole at which the wireless device is deployable. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18 wherein the securing occurs while the deployment device is being forced, driven, drawn, lowered, and/or raised into or in the borehole. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, wherein the securing occurs while the deployment device is moved along the borehole.