ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,304, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Multiple shaped charge jet (SCJ) warhead" was invented by Coulton T. Sadler (Tucson, Ariz.), Brian J. Lukow (Tucson, Ariz.), Christopher M. Turner (Oro Valley, Ariz.) and Michael R. Johnson (Tucson, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a MSCJ warhead detonation of the main charge is controlled to provide elevated pressure at multiple locations on the back surface of the liner to cut the liner and to form and propel forward a plurality of SCJs. An initiation system is configured for multi-point initiation of a plurality of booster charges to detonate the main c...