Patent · US Expired

Shaped charge with explosively driven liquid follow through

US4955939A · kind A · utility

45Cited by
11References
1Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateMar 2, 1983
Grant dateSep 11, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 2, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF42B12/46
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a non-fragmenting explosive device for perforating a target injecting a material through the perforation to disrupt structure behind the target. The device is particularly adapted to safely disarm unexploded explosive devices such as bombs without detonation of the bomb. The device includes an outer covering of explosive material for explosively confining the disruptive material to a well defined shape for total injection into the target.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.