US Patent Issued to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES on Feb. 25 for "Wireless electronic detonator comprising a power switch controlled by an optical signal, wireless detonation system and method for activating such a detonator" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,235,090, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (Paris).

"Wireless electronic detonator comprising a power switch controlled by an optical signal, wireless detonation system and method for activating such a detonator" was invented by Lionel Biard (Grenoble Cedex, France), Bernard Piaget (Grenoble Cedex, France), Melanie Descharles (Grenoble Cedex, France), Vincent Berg (Grenoble Cedex, France) and Franck Guyon (Auxerre, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless electronic detonator includes a primary source of energy and at least one functional module. A power switch is di...