Patents by Inventor Roger Neil Ballantine

Roger Neil Ballantine 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).

  • Patent number: 8621998
    Abstract: A remote initiator breaching system for initiating breaching charges over a short range requiring no physical link between the breacher and the demolition charge. The remote initiator breaching system has at least one transmitter, at least one receiver, at least one shock tube connectable to a breaching charge and a power source for each of the transmitter and receiver. The transmitter is able to generate and transmit a coded signal. The transmitter has an input for inputting operational commands into the transmitter for generating the coded signal, The transmitter has a plurality of channels representing different frequency bands, and multiple addresses for each channel such that transmission of the coded signal from the transmitter to the receiver is possible per individual addresses or all addresses simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Mas Zengrange (NZ) Limited
    Inventors: Roger Neil Ballantine, Tony Humphries, Deon Grobler, Drago Lavrencic, David Hamilton
  • Publication number: 20120192744
    Abstract: A remote initiator breaching system for initiating breaching charges over a short range requiring no physical link between the breacher and the demolition charge. The remote initiator breaching system has at least one transmitter, at least one receiver, at least one shock tube connectable to a breaching charge and a power source for each of the transmitter and receiver. The transmitter is able to generate and transmit a coded signal. The transmitter has an input for inputting operational commands into the transmitter for generating the coded signal, The transmitter has a plurality of channels representing different frequency bands, and multiple addresses for each channel such that transmission of the coded signal from the transmitter to the receiver is possible per individual addresses or all addresses simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: MAS ZENGRANGE (NZ) LIMITED
    Inventors: Roger Neil Ballantine, Tony Humphries, Deon Grobler, Drago Lavrencic, David Hamilton