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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2016
Applicant:
Hypersciences, Inc., Spokane, WA (US);
Inventor:
Mark C. Russell, Spokane, WA (US);
Assignee:
HYPERSCIENCES, INC., Spokane, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 7/00 (2006.01); F41A 1/04 (2006.01); F41A 1/02 (2006.01); E21C 37/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 7/00 (2013.01); E21B 7/007 (2013.01); E21C 37/005 (2013.01); F41A 1/02 (2013.01); F41A 1/04 (2013.01); Y10T 83/0524 (2015.04);
Abstract
One or more ram accelerator devices may be used to form one or more holes in geologic or other material. These holes may be used for drilling, tunnel boring, excavation, and so forth. The ram accelerator devices propel projectiles which are accelerated by combustion of one or more combustible gasses in a ram effect to reach velocities exceeding 500 meters per second.