Low energy explosive transfer adapter

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a low energy explosive transfer adapter. The low energy explosive transfer adapter may comprise an adapter housing comprising a firing pin chamber situated within the adapter housing comprising an inlet and a stopping surface opposite the inlet. The low energy explosive transfer adapter may further comprise a primer chamber connected to the firing pin chamber and an output tube connected to the primer chamber.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A low energy explosive transfer adapter, comprising:
 an adapter housing comprising;
 a firing pin chamber situated within the adapter housing comprising an inlet and a stopping surface opposite the inlet; 
 a primer chamber connected to the firing pin chamber; and 
 an output tube connected to the primer chamber. 
   
     
     
         2 . The low energy explosive transfer adapter of  claim 1 , wherein the firing pin chamber is configured to contain a firing pin. 
     
     
         3 . The low energy explosive transfer adapter of  claim 2 , wherein the adapter housing comprises an adapter aperture for receiving a shear pin configured to be inserted into a shear pin groove of the firing pin and position the firing pin in the firing pin chamber. 
     
     
         4 . The low energy explosive transfer adapter of  claim 1 , wherein the low energy explosive transfer adapter is configured to be directly inserted into an existing explosive signal transfer system. 
     
     
         5 . The low energy explosive transfer adapter of  claim 1 , wherein the low energy explosive transfer adapter is configured to generate a consistent output signal regardless of variability of an input signal provided by a low energy explosive transfer line. 
     
     
         6 . The low energy explosive transfer adapter of  claim 3 , wherein the shear pin is configured to mechanically fail at a threshold force. 
     
     
         7 . An explosive transfer assembly, comprising:
 a low energy input component,   a low energy explosive transfer adapter coupled to the low energy input component, and   an initiator component coupled to the low energy explosive transfer adapter.   
     
     
         8 . The explosive transfer assembly of  claim 7 , wherein the low energy input component comprises an input component housing comprising a first frusto-conical area, an input tube, a second frusto-conical area, a transition tube, and an open volume chamber. 
     
     
         9 . The explosive transfer assembly of  claim 7 , wherein the low energy explosive transfer adapter comprises an adapter housing comprising a firing pin chamber comprising an inlet, a primer chamber extending from the firing pin chamber, and an output tube extending from the primer chamber. 
     
     
         10 . The explosive transfer assembly of  claim 8 , wherein the first frusto-conical area, the input tube, the second frusto-conical area, and the transition tube are configured to receive a low energy explosive transfer line. 
     
     
         11 . The explosive transfer assembly of  claim 10 , wherein the open volume chamber is configured to contain expanding gases resulting from the low energy explosive transfer line igniting. 
     
     
         12 . The explosive transfer assembly of  claim 9 , wherein the firing pin chamber contains a firing pin. 
     
     
         13 . The explosive transfer assembly of  claim 12 , wherein the firing pin is configured to impact a primer in the primer chamber. 
     
     
         14 . The explosive transfer assembly of  claim 13 , wherein the primer is configured to ignite and transfer an explosive signal to the initiator component through the output tube. 
     
     
         15 . The explosive transfer assembly of  claim 12 , wherein the low energy explosive transfer adapter further comprises an adapter aperture for receiving a shear pin configured to be inserted into a shear pin groove of the firing pin and position the firing pin in the firing pin chamber. 
     
     
         16 . The explosive transfer assembly of  claim 7 , wherein the low energy explosive transfer adapter is configured to be threaded to the low energy input component and the initiator component. 
     
     
         17 . A method of transferring a low energy explosive signal, comprising:
 inserting a firing pin into a low energy explosive transfer adapter;   coupling the low energy explosive transfer adapter to a low energy input component;   coupling the low energy explosive transfer adapter to an initiator component; and   inserting a low energy explosive transfer line into the low energy input component.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , further comprising igniting the low energy explosive transfer line and impacting a primer with the firing pin. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 17 , further comprising placing an O-ring into an O-ring groove on the firing pin. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 17 , further comprising inserting a primer into a primer chamber of the low energy explosive transfer adapter.