Patents by Inventor Paul C. Gilpin

Paul C. Gilpin 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).

  • Environmetally insensitive electric detonator system and method for demolition and blasting
    Patent number: 5488908
    Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, an environmentally insensitive electric detonator system for demolition, including: an object to be demolished; a main explosive charge in proximity to the object to be demolished; electrically activated detonator apparatus including a relatively insensitive initiating charge in proximity to the main explosive charge; and circuitry having input apparatus to receive an input firing pulse and having output apparatus to provide, through arbitrarily long wires, a high voltage in response thereto across the electrically activated detonator apparatus to cause ignition of the main explosive charge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1996
    Assignees: Paul C. Gilpin, Magnavox Electronic Systems Company
    Inventors: Paul C. Gilpin, David Gladstone