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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
David J Leidel, Arlington, TX (US);
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B / ; F42B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
102307 ; 102378 ; 102476 ; 175-46 ;
Abstract
A flexible linear shaped charge for discharging a high speed jet to penetrate a target comprising an outer housing which includes a sheath and the high speed jet, the high speed jet being integral with the sheath, and an explosive core disposed within the outer housing between the sheath and the high speed jet, the outer housing comprising a low density matrix mixed with a high density heavy metal powder to increase the confinement of the explosive core, thereby improving the performance of the shaped charge.