US Patent Issued to DETNET SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) on June 16 for "Velocity of detonation measurement" (South African, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,095, issued on June 16, was assigned to DETNET SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD (Johannesburg).

"Velocity of detonation measurement" was invented by Michiel Jacobus Kruger (Johannesburg), Marinus Yates (Benoni, South Africa), Daniel August Julien Louis Maurissens (Johannesburg) and Brian E. Petted (Cedarburg, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of obtaining velocity of detonation (VOD) information from a borehole wherein an explosive in the borehole is ignited by initiation of a detonator, the method including the steps of using a control circuit which obtains a measurement of the VOD and which is subsequently destroyed by ignition of...