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High performance composite shaped charge

  • US 5,792,977 A
  • Filed: 06/13/1997
  • Issued: 08/11/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/13/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A shaped charge activatable by a detonator to generate a deep penetration jet, comprising:

  • a housing;

    a recess defined by an inner housing surface within said housing, wherein said recess has an open end and a closed end;

    a high explosive within said recess which is activatable by the detonator to generate a detonation wave; and

    a liner having a first section substantially formed as a hemisphere collapsible by said detonation wave to form a first penetration jet segment moving in a selected direction, wherein said liner further has a proximate second section between said first section and said recess open end which is collapsible by said detonation wave to form a second penetration jet segment moving in said selected direction for cooperating with said first penetration jet segment to form the deep penetration jet.

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