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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2005
Carlos M. Pereira, Tannersville, PA (US);
Hai-long Nguyen, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Edip Niver, Mountainside, NJ (US);
Aladin H. Kamel, Cairo, EG;
Mohamed A. Salem, Harrison, NJ (US);
Carlos M. Pereira, Tannersville, PA (US);
Hai-Long Nguyen, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Edip Niver, Mountainside, NJ (US);
Aladin H. Kamel, Cairo, EG;
Mohamed A. Salem, Harrison, NJ (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and accompanying methods for the detection and subsequent destruction or disablement of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) while maintaining a satisfactory level of human safety. Operationally, our inventive method and apparatus detects the IED using one or more methods including: detecting internal battery components; detecting magnetic signature(s) of the IED; detecting a characteristic energy spectrum of the IED; and/or detecting characteristic chemical signatures of the device(s). Once detected, the device may be further characterized and then subsequently deactivated and/or destroyed by a shaped pulse charge directed at the device or its power source (battery) from a safe distance.