Patents by Inventor Coulton Sadler

Coulton Sadler 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).

  • Sympathetically detonated self-centering explosive device
    Patent number: 11486233
    Abstract: An explosive device includes a housing having an outer surface and defining an inner space; a plurality of primary liners arranged on the outer surface in a spaced pattern and having primary energetic material inwardly positioned in the housing relative to the primary liners; an initiation mechanism in the inner space for initiating the primary energetic material to drive the primary liners; and a plurality of additional liners positioned in the spaced pattern between the primary liners and having additional energetic material positioned in proximity to the primary energetic material such that the additional energetic material is sympathetically initiated by initiation of the primary energetic material. The device can find useful application in a military setting and also in the perforation of well casings in subterranean wells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: Coulton Sadler, Mitchell Moffet, Henri Y. Kim
  • SYMPATHETICALLY DETONATED SELF-CENTERING EXPLOSIVE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220154559
    Abstract: An explosive device includes a housing having an outer surface and defining an inner space; a plurality of primary liners arranged on the outer surface in a spaced pattern and having primary energetic material inwardly positioned in the housing relative to the primary liners; an initiation mechanism in the inner space for initiating the primary energetic material to drive the primary liners; and a plurality of additional liners positioned in the spaced pattern between the primary liners and having additional energetic material positioned in proximity to the primary energetic material such that the additional energetic material is sympathetically initiated by initiation of the primary energetic material. The device can find useful application in a military setting and also in the perforation of well casings in subterranean wells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Coulton Sadler, Mitchell Moffet, Henri Y. Kim