Modular Breaching Charge Housing for Controlled Low-Weight Entry
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing explosive breaching systems, such as linear charges, are cumbersome, require specialized personnel, and result in excessive damage to structures, limiting their usability and safety for infantry soldiers.
Innovation Solution
A modular breaching kit and device that allows infantry soldiers to safely breach doors and walls using a customizable explosive system with a housing, detonator, and anchoring elements, enabling controlled detonation and reduced explosive weight.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Force
If linear charges are used for breaching, then the breaching force is sufficient to open doors and walls, but the explosive weight becomes excessive causing structural collapse and heavy debris
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the physical state of explosive material from solid linear charges to liquid explosive paste, allowing precise control of explosive quantity and distribution. This enables optimized breaching force while minimizing excessive explosive weight that causes structural collapse.
Solution Approach 2:
The breaching device is divided into modular components including a housing, detachable walls, and separate explosive compartments. This segmentation allows precise control of explosive quantity in each section while maintaining sufficient total breaching force.
2Force
If linear charges are used for breaching, then the breaching capability is achieved, but the device complexity increases requiring specialized combat engineers
Solution Approach 1:
The breaching device is designed as a self-contained system with integrated detonator, housing, and explosive material that can be operated by regular infantry without requiring specialized combat engineers. The device prepares and executes the breaching operation autonomously.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple functions are merged into a single integrated device: the housing provides structural support, contains the explosive material, and houses the detonator. This consolidation reduces device complexity compared to separate linear charge components.
3Force
If linear charges are used for breaching, then the breaching function is provided, but the weight becomes heavy limiting the number of charges a soldier can carry
Solution Approach 1:
Changing from solid linear charges to liquid explosive paste significantly reduces the weight of the breaching device. The liquid form allows for more efficient packaging and reduces the total weight a soldier must carry while maintaining the necessary breaching function.
Solution Approach 2:
The device uses a compact housing that contains only the minimum necessary explosive material for effective breaching, avoiding the excessive weight of traditional linear charges. The design applies just enough explosive to achieve the breaching function without surplus.
4Force
If linear charges are used for breaching, then the breaching operation can be performed, but the area required to accommodate the charges becomes large
Solution Approach 1:
The explosive material is nested within a compact housing structure that contains it in a concentrated form. This nesting allows the breaching operation to be performed in a small area rather than requiring the large space needed to accommodate traditional linear charge rods.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The system provides controlled breaching with less explosive material, maintaining structural integrity and safety, allowing infantry to breach surfaces without heavy equipment and expert assistance.
Implementation Method 1
the igniting tip adapted, upon activation of the detonator, to trigger detonation of the explosive material within the housing
Data Source
AI summary
A kit for forming a modular breaching device for breaching a surface. The kit includes a base including a bore, and a plurality of walls. The plurality of walls and the base are attached, or adapted to attach, to form a housing. The housing forms a hollow adapted to receive an explosive material therein. The kit further includes a cover, adapted to attach to the walls of the housing at an end thereof distal to the base. The kit further includes a detonator, including a portion defining an igniting tip. The detonator is adapted to engage the housing by insertion of the igniting tip into the bore in the base. The igniting tip is adapted, upon activation of the detonator, to cause the explosive material within the housing to explode.