Patents Assigned to Defuse Technologies, LLC
  • Patent number: 12338190
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides desensitized fertilizer compositions that are resistant to detonation. The desensitized fertilizer compositions of the present disclosure are formed, under heat, from a reaction product of a base fertilizer material, such as ammonium nitrate, and a phosphate-based additive, such as ammonium polyphosphate. The resulting compositions include monoammonium phosphate (MAP), diammonium phosphate (DAP), and polyphosphate crystals distributed throughout the crystalline fertilizer material. The presence of the distributed MAP and DAP crystals is believed to stabilize the base fertilizer material and reduce or eliminate the detonation potential of the fertilizer material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: Defuse Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Gene Holt, Keith D. Cochran, Matthew P. Spotswood, James Taylor Pursell, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12338189
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides desensitized fertilizer compositions that are resistant to detonation. The desensitized fertilizer compositions of the present disclosure are formed, under heat, from a reaction product of a base fertilizer material, such as ammonium nitrate, and a phosphate-based additive, such as ammonium polyphosphate. The resulting compositions include monoammonium phosphate (MAP), diammonium phosphate (DAP), and polyphosphate crystals distributed throughout the crystalline fertilizer material. The presence of the distributed MAP and DAP crystals is believed to stabilize the base fertilizer material and reduce or eliminate the detonation potential of the fertilizer material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: Defuse Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Gene Holt, Keith D. Cochran, Matthew P. Spotswood, James Taylor Pursell, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20240391840
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides desensitized fertilizer compositions that are resistant to detonation. The desensitized fertilizer compositions of the present disclosure are formed, under heat, from a reaction product of a base fertilizer material, such as ammonium nitrate, and a phosphate-based additive, such as ammonium polyphosphate. The resulting compositions include monoammonium phosphate (MAP), diammonium phosphate (DAP), and polyphosphate crystals distributed throughout the crystalline fertilizer material. The presence of the distributed MAP and DAP crystals is believed to stabilize the base fertilizer material and reduce or eliminate the detonation potential of the fertilizer material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: Defuse Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Gene Holt, Keith D. Cochran, Matthew P. Spotswood, James Taylor Pursell, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20240391841
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides desensitized fertilizer compositions that are resistant to detonation. The desensitized fertilizer compositions of the present disclosure are formed, under heat, from a reaction product of a base fertilizer material, such as ammonium nitrate, and a phosphate-based additive, such as ammonium polyphosphate. The resulting compositions include monoammonium phosphate (MAP), diammonium phosphate (DAP), and polyphosphate crystals distributed throughout the crystalline fertilizer material. The presence of the distributed MAP and DAP crystals is believed to stabilize the base fertilizer material and reduce or eliminate the detonation potential of the fertilizer material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: Defuse Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Gene Holt, Keith D. Cochran, Matthew P. Spotswood, James Taylor Pursell, JR.