ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,052, issued on March 3, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Multiple Explosively Formed Penetrator (EFP) warhead" was invented by Coulton T. Sadler (Tucson, Ariz.), Michael R. Johnson (Tucson, Ariz.), Christopher M. Turner (Oro Valley, Ariz.) and Brian J. Lukow (Tucson, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a MEFP 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 EFPs. An initiation system is configured for multi-point initiation of a plurality of booster charges to detonat...