Research/Patents/US 5009162
US 5009162Tier 3 — General Defense

EXPLOSIVE LOGIC RESOLVER NETWORK

Assignee

US Government

Filed as: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY

Filed

Dec 28, 1981

Granted

Apr 23, 1991

Location

ABERDEEN MD US

Abstract

An explosive logic resolver network for determining which detonator in a rality of detonators is the first to detonate. The resolver network is interposed between a plurality of detonators and the explosive logic clock of a safe/arming network. Each detonator is provided with a resolver network explosive trail which intersects the resolver network explosive trails of the other detonators to form a plurality of explosive logic switches. The intersections are explosively-time-equidistant from the detonators supplying the detonation signals to a given intersection such that the first detonation signal to propagate through the intersection will close the logic switch and prevent the intersection from propagating another detonation signal. When a detonator creates the first detonation signal, the signal propagates down the resolver network explosive trail, closing the switches and extinguishing at the intersections all detonations that are later in time.

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35 USC §181 Secrecy Order

Imposed

Nov 7, 1984

Rescinded

Aug 6, 1990

Duration

5 years, 9 months

Inventor

  • 1DENIS A. SILVIA
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