ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,453, issued on March 18, was assigned to Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Co. (Simsbury, Conn.).
"Coreless-coil shock tube system with reduced noise" was invented by Micah S. Casebier (Bremen, Conn.), Ronald M. Dufrane (West Granby, Conn.) and Scott Crespi (West Hartford, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shock tube package system and a method of deploying a shock tube package system is provided. The system includes a covering made from a flexible or elastic material, the covering defining an interior portion. A bundle of shock tubing is disposed within the interior portion, the covering applying a compression fit on the bun...