Patents by Inventor Alexey D. Zacharin

Alexey D. Zacharin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Electric coupling
    Patent number: H1224
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an apparatus intended to allow detonon of munitions by the occurrence of a triggering event at a location remote from the actual munition. This apparatus contains a piezoelectric crystal which is deformed by the firing of a conventional blasting cap upon the happening of a triggering event. Deformation of the piezoelectric crystal generates an electric impulse sufficient to initiate an electric blasting cap thereby detonating the munition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1993
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventor: Alexey D. Zacharin