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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012

Filed:

Oct. 06, 2004
Applicants:

James E. Brooks, Manvel, TX (US);

Nolan C. Lerche, Stafford, TX (US);

Anthony F. Veneruso, Missouri City, TX (US);

Inventors:

James E. Brooks, Manvel, TX (US);

Nolan C. Lerche, Stafford, TX (US);

Anthony F. Veneruso, Missouri City, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B 3/10 (2006.01); F42C 11/00 (2006.01); F23Q 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A detonator assembly includes a capacitor, an initiator, a transformer and an addressable chip. The initiator is electrically connected to the capacitor, the transformer is mechanically and electrically connected to the capacitor and the addressable chip is mechanically and electrically connected to the transformer. The initiator may be bonded or fused to the capacitor, and the transformer may be bonded or fused to the capacitor. The capacitor, initiator, transformer and addressable chip form a unified integrated detonating unit.


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