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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2014
Applicant:
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Inventors:
David D. Crouch, Rancho Cucamonga, CA (US);
Keith G. Kato, Rancho Cucamonga, CA (US);
Assignee:
RAYTHEON COMPANY, Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01F 1/00 (2006.01); F41H 11/12 (2011.01); F42D 5/04 (2006.01); H01Q 9/28 (2006.01); H01Q 21/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F41H 11/12 (2013.01); F42D 5/04 (2013.01); H01Q 9/28 (2013.01); H01Q 21/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for triggering improvised explosive devices (IEDs) with an alternating magnetic field. In one embodiment, the magnetic field is produced by a magnetic field projector in the shape of one-half of a torus, the half-torus being composed of several conductive segments referred to as toroidal wedges. A poloidal current flows in each toroidal wedge, producing a magnetic field that is projected by the half-torus. The magnetic field may induce a current, producing heating, in a conductive loop in an IED and triggering the IED.