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Patent No.:

US 12693102 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026

Filed:

Aug. 09, 2023

Deflagration device for underwater unexploded ordnance

Applicant:

The United States of America As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, Indian Head, MD (US);

Inventors:

John Short, King George, VA (US);

Tim White, College Park, MD (US);

Robert Bruner, Waldorf, MD (US);

Christian Jewell, Hollywood, MD (US);

Patrick Van Dam, Alexandria, VA (US);

Daniel Mccarthy, La Plata, MD (US);

Gary Evans, Earlysville, VA (US);

Hugh Burrell, King George, VA (US);

Christopher Wilhelm, Port Tobacco, MD (US);

Assignee:

The United States of America represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);

Attorney:

Fredric J. Zimmerman

Primary Examiner:

Michelle Clement

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B 33/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B 33/067 (2013.01);
Abstract

An unexploded ordnance (UXO) mitigation device of the present invention includes an energy-focusing guide formed with deflagration chamber, and an upper housing connected to the energy-focusing guide. The upper housing is formed with an opening and a tapered void, so that the opening merges into the tapered void, and the tapered void merges into the deflagration chamber. An initiator is inserted into the opening and an energetic charge is placed into the tapered void in contact with the initiator. A snorkel can be attached to the upper housing to establish a transient chamber, which allows for complete detonation of the energetic charge. The complete detonation causes conversion of gas in the deflagration chamber to ionize into a plasma having a wave velocity sufficient for the plasma to deflagrate the UXO.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Short, John. (2026). Deflagration device for underwater unexploded ordnance (U.S. Patent No. 12693102). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12693102

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