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Patent No.:

US 12529550 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026

Filed:

Jul. 19, 2024

Integrated detonator sensors

Applicant:

Austin Star Detonator Company, Cleveland, OH (US);

Inventors:

Gimtong Teowee, Westlake Village, CA (US);

John David Rathbun, Hunting Valley, OH (US);

Larry S. Howe, Norwalk, OH (US);

Walter Jacob Harders, Rocky River, OH (US);

Assignee:

Austin Star Detonator Company, Cleveland, OH (US);

Attorney:

Lippes Mathias LLP

Primary Examiner:

Jonathan C Weber

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42D 1/05 (2006.01); E21B 43/1185 (2006.01); E21B 47/07 (2012.01); F42C 19/08 (2006.01); H10K 59/12 (2023.01); H10K 59/127 (2023.01); H10K 59/131 (2023.01); H10K 59/80 (2023.01); H10K 71/80 (2023.01); H10K 77/10 (2023.01); H10K 102/00 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F42C 19/0807 (2013.01); E21B 43/1185 (2013.01); E21B 47/07 (2020.05); F42D 1/05 (2013.01); H10K 59/1201 (2023.02); H10K 59/127 (2023.02); H10K 59/131 (2023.02); H10K 59/873 (2023.02); H10K 71/80 (2023.02); H10K 77/111 (2023.02); H10K 2102/311 (2023.02);
Abstract

A detonator includes a substrate, a controller mounted to the substrate, and a sensor coupled to the controller to measure a temperature, pressure, acceleration or other environmental parameter of the detonator. The controller is configured to transmit the measured environmental parameter from the detonator to a remote master controller, execute an action in response to a value of the measured environmental parameter, and/or prevent or modify at least one detonator function in response to the value of the measured environmental parameter.

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