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US 2018/0066923 A1Published application
Electrical discharge system and method for neutralizing explosive devices and electronics
AssigneeXtreme ADS Limited
InventorsPeter V. Bitar, Rick Lee Busby, Leroy Ernest Lakey, Varce Eron Howe
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Abstract
Disclosed is an apparatus that includes an electric power source that powers a Marx generator that is electrically coupled to a cathode emitter that is configured to discharge electrical potential into the earth. The apparatus also includes a load resistor that is coupled between the output of the Marx generator and either a relative ground or the input to the Marx generator.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- an electrical power supply providing a pulsed electrical potential above 30,000 volts with at least 30 Joules of energy per pulse;
- and
- a cathode emitter constructed and arranged to be moved along the earth in close proximity to the earth, wherein the cathode emitter is electrically coupled to the electrical power supply and wherein the cathode emitter is constructed and arranged to discharge the pulsed electrical potential into the earth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.