US Patent Issued to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on Sept. 16 for "Remote explosive separation tool" (Virginia, Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,478, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington).

"Remote explosive separation tool" was invented by Michael Shattuck (Port Royal, Va.), Daniel Mccarthy (La Plata, Md.), Lee Foltz (Indian Head, Md.) and Adam Pegouske (White Plains, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Exemplary embodiments of apparatus and methods for remotely and explosively cutting the casing of a UXO and separating the fuzing components from the main charge in the UXO. A remote explosive separation tool creates a Linear Explosively Formed Projectile (LEFP) charge to separate fuzing compon...