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US 8,905,186 B2Granted
System for coupling an overpressure wave to a target media
AssigneeSoundblast Technologies, LLC
InventorsLarry W. Fullerton, James L. Teel, Herman M. Thompson, Jr.
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Abstract
An improved system for coupling a generated overpressure wave to a target media includes a coupling chamber and an interface between the coupling chamber and a target media. Pressure produced in the coupling chamber by a generated overpressure wave is applied to the interface thereby converting the pressure in the coupling chamber into a force that produces a conducted acoustic wave in the target media.
Claims23
An overpressure wave generation system, comprising:
- a detonator, comprising:
- a detonator tube configured to receive a fuel-oxidant mixture that flows through said detonator tube;
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- an igniter within the detonator tube for igniting said fuel-oxidant mixture while said fuel-oxidant mixture is flowing through said detonator tube to produce a detonation in said detonator tube;
- a coupling chamber;
- and
- an interface between said coupling chamber and a target media, said detonation generating an overpressure wave that travels out of said detonator tube and into said coupling chamber, said coupling chamber being substantially sealed when said overpressure wave is generated thereby containing a pressure produced by said overpressure wave, said interface converting said pressure into a force that produces a conducted acoustic wave in the target media.
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