US 12,135,199 B2
Breaching device with tamping gel
Yousef Sansour, High Point, NC (US)
Assigned to Esoteric, LLC, High Point, NC (US)
Filed by Esoteric, LLC, High Point, NC (US)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/556,305.
Application 17/556,305 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/050,094, granted, now 11,204,227, previously published as PCT/US2019/029634, filed on Apr. 29, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/662,506, filed on Apr. 25, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0276036 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F42D 1/28 (2006.01); F42B 3/02 (2006.01); F42B 3/22 (2006.01); F42D 1/08 (2006.01); F42D 1/20 (2006.01); F42D 1/24 (2006.01); F42D 3/00 (2006.01); F42D 5/045 (2006.01)
CPC F42D 1/28 (2013.01) [F42B 3/02 (2013.01); F42B 3/22 (2013.01); F42D 1/08 (2013.01); F42D 1/20 (2013.01); F42D 1/24 (2013.01); F42D 3/00 (2013.01); F42D 5/045 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A breaching device comprising:
a body configured to contain an explosive material, the body having a target surface and a backing surface opposite the target surface, the target surface configured to face a target to be breached, the body including a tamping material formed of a non-aqueous gel, the non-aqueous gel capable of holding its form without external support, the tamping material configured to reflect an explosive force directed away from the target surface towards the target to be breached when the target surface faces the target to be breached.