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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2005
Applicants:
Sek Kwan Chan, Pierrefonds, CA;
Ronald F. Stewart, Navan, CA;
Howard A. Bampfield, Kelowna, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Orica Explosives Technology Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Victoria, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42C 15/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A wireless or partially wireless detonator assembly () and corresponding blasting apparatus, that may be 'powered Up' by a remote source of power () that is entirely distinct from the energy used for general command signal communications (). In one embodiment, the detonator assembly () may include an active power source () with sufficient power for communications, but insufficient power to cause intentional or inadvertent actuation of the detonator ().