USA As Represented by Secretary of the Navy

Keith Chamberlain

Lee Foltz

Angel Diaz

Daniel J McCarthy

Lance A Brown

Lonnie Frericks

David R Whittaker

Anthony Kummerer

Peter A Margiotta

William E Myers

Samuel Emery

Thomas Higdon

Matthew J Bradley

William E Transue

Kerry A Clark

Ferrell Windsor Furr

Gordon Banks

Erin E Koelling

Jude Wieczorek

Robert Hutcheson, Jr

Aaron Chan

David G Banks

Scott Walthour

Scott Steward

Diaz Angel

A cap for an explosive water charge may be fixed to a collapsible water bottle by threading internal threads of the cap onto external threads of the water bottle. The cap also may be fixed to a water bottle by engaging a lip on the water bottle with lip grabbers on the cap. The cap is configured to hold a blasting cap and two different sizes of tubes of energetic material.

Universal cap for explosive water charges

An amputation system includes a cutting element having a cutting blade traversing a V-shape. The V-shape has a vertex and an angle in a range of 90-120&#xb0;. A rod, rigidly coupled to the cutting element, has its longitudinal axis aligned with the vertex so it bisects the angle of the V-shape. A barrel having a bore receives at least a portion of the rod therein wherein the rod's outboard end resides in the bore. An energetic energy source, positioned in the bore adjacent to the rod's outboard end, generates a pressure force that is incident on the rod's outboard end. The pressure force is one that peaks within 0.5 milliseconds to propel the rod from the bore at a velocity in a range of 300 to 1000 feet per second.

Amputation system for field use

A multi-tool for disrupter breech maintenance includes an elongate body having a first axial end and a second axial end. The elongate body encases a storage volume commencing at and accessible from the second axial end. An open-ended rectangular notch in a radial wall of the elongate body has a planar base. A hole extends radially through the elongate body with the hole originating in the notch's planar base and having a longitudinal axis perpendicular to the planar base. A rectangular well in the radial wall of the elongate body is provided adjacent to the rectangular notch. A first hexagonal socket is coupled to the first axial end of the elongate body. A second hexagonal socket is provided for attachment to the second axial end of the elongate body.

Multi-tool for disrupter breech maintenance

An exemplary apparatus includes a reach-extender shaft having a first end and a second end. A jaw assembly may be attached to the first end of the reach-extender shaft. The jaw assembly may be angularly displaced from the first end of the reach-extender shaft and may include a pair of jaws having a stationary jaw and a moveable jaw pivotably attached to the stationary jaw. A handle assembly may be attached to the second end of the reach-extender shaft. The handle assembly includes a grip with a trigger and a shield. The trigger is pivotably attached to the grip and operatively attached to the jaw assembly by an actuator rod coupled between the trigger and the moveable jaw. The shield is located between the jaw assembly and the trigger, in a plane angled across the longitudinal axis of the reach-extender shaft.

Protective improvised cap stick

A cap for an explosive water charge includes a top surface and a generally cylindrical portion extending downwardly from the top surface. On the outer surface of the generally cylindrical portion are rings and cantilevered, pointed rectangles that enable a water tight fit in the neck of a drinking bottle. The cap is configured to hold a detonator, such as a blasting cap, and two different sizes of tubes of energetic material.

Cap for explosive water charges

A fluid-jet-generating container for a flowable material includes a one-piece open-ended body having eight sides and eight corners. Each of the eight corners is defined by a V-notch such that the open-ended body may define a collapsed state when the eight sides are disposed in two parallel planes, and may define a configured state with the eight sides arranged to define an open-ended U-shaped trough. End caps are sealed to the opposing ends of the open-ended body in its configured state.

Collapsible container for fluid-jet generation

A mechanical firing adapter for an igniter, such as an M81, to enable remotely firing the igniter using a robot, such as a MTRS. MTRS are used in the disposal/disruption of IEDs. Igniters are generally used with a shock tube, a type of fuse that is used with explosive charges, like shape charges. The adapter has a base plate with a first area to secure the igniter, a second area to withdraw the igniter's pull-rod by the attached pull-ring, and a compound assembly that interfaces with a robot. The pull-ring is attached to a sled that moves rearward when a clinching force is applied to opposing paddles, which causes the connected angled articulating struts to spread open. The paddles are moved closer by a remote controlled robotic jaw, and this closing movement causes the sled to move rearward, pulling out the pull-rod, which sets off the explosive.

Mechanical firing adapter for a M81 device

A shape charge holder includes a platform where all the charges are symmetrically positioned about equidistance from each adjacent charge and about an equal distance from a center point. The center point is generally the centroid of the platform. The holder has an explosive bridge fixture which enables simultaneous detonation of at least three shape charges. The charges are angularly mounted in sockets having holes through the platform. When detonated, each jet formed by the exploding shape charge proceeds to a convergence point located orthogonal to the platform. The holder includes a supporting structure that establishes a standoff distance of the platform/charges from a target. In operation, the explosive fixture is attached to each charge and is filled with an explosive that extends to each charge. The explosive fixture includes a single igniter assuring that when the explosive is detonated, so are the shape charges.

Holder that converges jets created by a plurality of shape charges

In an exemplary embodiment, an overpressure disrupter system is described including at least one module, an explosive material contained in at least one module, and a fire retardant material contained in at least one module. At least one module includes at least one connection area, at least one outer wall; and at least one inner wall. At least one outer wall and at least one inner wall combine to form at least one outer compartments housing the fire retardant material. At least one inner wall forms at least one inner compartment housing the explosive material. At least one connection area is configured to connect at least one module with at least one of another of at least one module and at least one ancillary device.

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Waldorf, MD, United States of America

Keith Chamberlain