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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2014
Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH (US);
Roger F. Backhus, Plain City, OH (US);
Richard W. Givens, Humble, TX (US);
Jerome A. Klein, Raymond, OH (US);
Ronald L. Loeser, Bexley, OH (US);
Jason E. Paugh, Columbus, OH (US);
Walter G. VanCleave, III, Pickerington, OH (US);
Isaac Thomas Zimmer, Galena, OH (US);
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE, Columbus, OH (US);
Abstract
A detonator system is provided for use with explosives that utilizes two subsystems. A first subsystem functions as a non-explosives based detonator, which does not contain any explosives. The second subsystem is an initiating subsystem, which includes an initiating pellet. To set off an explosive event, the non-energetics based detonator is coupled to the initiating subsystem and the non-energetics based detonator is commanded to provide a suitable signal to the initiating subsystem that is sufficient to function the initiating pellet. Further, the initiating subsystem can be integrated directly into an associated explosive such as a booster that has been configured to receive the initiator subsystem without changing the hazard class of the booster.