US Patent Issued to Raytheon on April 7 for "Main charge holder for electro-explosive devices (EEDs)" (Colorado, Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,990, issued on April 7, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Main charge holder for electro-explosive devices (EEDs)" was invented by Eric D. Goertz (Whitewater, Colo.) and Montgomery Carlo (Sahuarita, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The header of an EED is redesigned to increase stiction forces to better hold the main charge throughout deflagration. The header includes a main charge holder, integrally formed or as a discrete component, that has internal structure that is press fit to a complementary outer surface of the main charge. The contact area between the internal structure and the main charge being greater tha...