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Wireless detonation system, wireless detonation method, and detonator and explosive unit used in same

US9709373B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 26, 2013
Grant dateJul 18, 2017
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Expiry dateDec 26, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF42D1/045
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A wireless detonator is provided with: a detonation part; a control part for igniting the detonation part, the control part being connected to the detonation part; a tube for accommodating the detonation part and the control part; and a detonation-side antenna used by the control part for wireless communication and capable of being used for sending and receiving without separately having a transmission-only antenna and a reception-only antenna; the detonation-side antenna being a soft magnetic body coil antenna, and the control part receiving, via the detonation-side antenna, a transmission signal at an operating frequency of 100-500 KHz.

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