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Title: Vehicle assisted harpoon breaching tool

Abstract

A harpoon breaching tool that allows security officers, SWAT teams, police, firemen, soldiers, or others to forcibly breach metal doors or walls very quickly (in a few seconds), without explosives. The harpoon breaching tool can be mounted to a vehicle's standard receiver hitch.

Inventors:
 [1];  [1]
  1. Albuquerque, NM
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1015308
Patent Number(s):
7887092
Application Number:
US Patent Application 11/624,325
Assignee:
Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A62 - LIFE-SAVING A62B - DEVICES, APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR LIFE-SAVING
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F41 - WEAPONS F41H - ARMOUR
DOE Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
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Citation Formats

Pacheco, James E, and Highland, Steven E. Vehicle assisted harpoon breaching tool. United States: N. p., 2011. Web.
Pacheco, James E, & Highland, Steven E. Vehicle assisted harpoon breaching tool. United States.
Pacheco, James E, and Highland, Steven E. Tue . "Vehicle assisted harpoon breaching tool". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1015308.
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