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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2014
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Brian J. Tillotson, Kent, WA (US);
Jeffrey Evan Hanneman, Woodinville, WA (US);
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method of controlling the shape and direction of an explosion may include embedding a plurality of detonators in an explosive, and arranging the detonators in the explosive to produce a shaped explosion of the explosive in a pre-set direction and having a pre-set intensity when triggered in a selected sequence; sensing a direction of an incoming threat relative to a protected region, calculating an intercept vector for the incoming threat, and sending a signal in response thereto by a sensor; receiving information from the sensor pertaining to the intercept vector and determining a sequential firing pattern for the detonators in response to the information from the sensor by a firing sequence calculator connected to trigger the detonators; and activating the firing sequence calculator to trigger the detonators in the sequential firing pattern to generate a counteracting force substantially along the intercept vector.