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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:
Aug. 31, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dirk Hummel, Haltern, DE;
Jan Petzold, Rösrath, DE;
Heinz Schäfer, Lilienthal, DE;
Ulrich Steiner, Troisdorf, DE;
Andreas Zemla, Much, DE;
Assignee:
Orica Explosives Technology PTY Limited, Melbourne, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/06 ;
Abstract
A triggering unit for initiating pyrotechnical elements includes a control component, a rectifier ( ), an energy store ( ), a voltage regulator ( ), a data coupling device ( ), a current limiter and a suppressor circuit ( ). To enable an up to now unknown variety of variants pertaining to characteristics and functionality without having to change the hard ware or the design of the chip, the control component is a programmable microprocessor ( ) with an integrated program memory.