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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2013
Elwha Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);
Michael H. Baym, Cambridge, MA (US);
Terry Briggs, Durham, NC (US);
Robert Dunne, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Clark J. Gilbert, Denver, CO (US);
W. Daniel Hillis, Encino, CA (US);
Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);
Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, CA (US);
Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, WA (US);
Conor L. Myhrvold, Bellevue, WA (US);
Nathan P. Myhrvold, Bellevue, WA (US);
Tony S. Pan, Cambridge, MA (US);
Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, WA (US);
Charles Whitmer, North Bend, WA (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
Victoria Y. H. Wood, Livermore, CA (US);
Elwha LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
A system for fragmenting material includes an energy source, an acoustic transmitter, and a controller. The acoustic transmitter is coupled to the energy source and includes a unit acoustic source configured to emit an acoustic wave through a volume of ground material. The controller is coupled to the acoustic transmitter and is configured to engage the unit acoustic source such that the acoustic wave fractures the volume of ground material at a target location.