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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7178443 | Wedge-type breechblock A wedge-type breechblock is provided for a weapon having a barrel that recoils relative to a cradle, the barrel having a bore with an axis, and a breech plate. The breechblock includes a closing wedge for arranging in the breech plate such that the closing wedge can... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7171886 | Pipe mortar To seal a pipe mortar, a sealing element (3, 6) is inserted between the pipe (1) and the base (2), with the element elastically balancing out the axial relative movements between the pipe (1) and the base (2). The sealing element (... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7150228 | Gas pressure switch A gas pressure switch is provided for an ignition and safety system for ammunition. The switch includes a housing; a piston actuator within the housing, the piston actuator being displaceable from an idle position to a contacting position by propellant gases of the ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7114449 | Method for producing a large-caliber, high-explosive projectile, and high-explosive projectile produced in accordance with the method A method for producing a large-caliber, high-explosive projectile (1, 1′), and a projectile formed according the method, having a projectile casing (2, 2′) that surrounds a chamber (6, 6′) filled with an explosive charge (9, 9′), ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7082708 | Method for removing coating damages and/or erosion damages The invention relates to a method for repairing coating damage and/or erosion damage on the internal surface of a weapon barrel by overlaying the respectively damaged barrel region with a suitable coating material and, if necessary, reworking it mechanically. | 08/01/2006 |
| 6931776 | Apparatus for the section-wise autofrettage of gun barrels An apparatus for the section-wise autofrettage of gun barrels (22) by a hydraulic pressure generated inside the barrel. The apparatus (1, 1′, 1″) comprises a mandrel-shaped insert (2, 2′, 2″) inserted into the barrel (22) from the... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6899008 | Gun barrel having a muzzle brake A gun barrel having a muzzle brake (2), especially for large-caliber guns, in which the muzzle brake (2) includes a tubular piece that has openings (16) around its circumference, and a jacket tube (4), which surrounds the tubular piece an... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6874268 | Gun A gun in which the gun barrel (2) is seated to be axially displaced in a cradle barrel. To avoid a lifting effect of the gun barrel (2) upon firing, and omit the necessity of complicated guide grooves in the cradle barrel (3) and tabs on the gun... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6849140 | Incendiary composition for a fin-stabilized kinetic energy projectile An incendiary composition (14) for a fin-stabilized kinetic energy projectile (1), which can be arranged in the tail region of the projectile (1) and, upon impact with a target (13), penetrates the target (13) as a separate unit be... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6827206 | Packaging container for a large-caliber cartridge A packaging container is provided for a large-caliber cartridge having a thin-walled cartridge case and a projectile, whose projectile head projects out of the front of and is connected to the cartridge case. The packaging container has an outer container and an inn... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6827020 | Spin-stabilized projectile having a multi-part guide band and method of making the projectile A spin-stabilized projectile has a projectile body and a guide band being circumferentially mounted on an outer face of the projectile body. The guide band includes a plurality of axially adjoining partial guide bands. One of the partial guide bands is a first parti... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6820558 | Disk-shaped propellant module A disk-shaped propellant module (6) for a propellant charge (2), which can be composed of several modules of this type. To ensure a uniform and symmetrical ignition of the propellant charge (2) for a cartridge with increased charge density (>1.2... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6819298 | High-power microwave antenna system A high-power microwave antenna in which, in order to radiate a pulse (8), the antennas (4) of the high power microwave are actuated by a pulse-generating source (3) and are embodied normally as wire antennas, horn antennas or the like. In partic... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6815701 | Method and device for measuring wear on internal barrel surfaces A method and a device for measuring wear on the internal surfaces (12) of barrels (1), in particular weapon barrels. For a very precise determination of the wear on the internal surfaces (12) of barrels (1), a non-contacting scanning of t... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6796243 | Cartridge A cartridge having a propellant-charge casing (2) and an electrothermal ignition device (4), in which the propellant-charge casing (2) is connected to a metal casing base (3) and a contact piece (5) that is connected to a contact d... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6776102 | Projectile body A projectile body having a groove-shaped recess (2), in which a guide band (3) is disposed. To permit use of a relatively wide guide band (3), while preventing the band from being destroyed as the projectile body (1) passes through the gu... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6769364 | Full-caliber projectile A full-caliber projectile having a cylindrical guide region (5) and an ogival projectile tip (7). To improve the stabilization of the projectile (1) inside a gun barrel (2) in a simple manner, and therefore improve the intermediate ballis... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6758435 | Guide assembly for a missile A missile includes a missile body and a guide assembly mounted on the missile body. The guide assembly has a plurality of pivots and a plurality of vanes mounted on respective pivots for a swinging motion between a folded position of rest and a deployed flight posit... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6752061 | Gun A gun whose barrel (2′) is connected to a breech ring (16), and is seated to be displaced in a cradle barrel (3). To prevent a lifting effect of the barrel (2′) inside the cradle barrel (3) upon firing, a slide-bushing bearing ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6745697 | Cartridge A cartridge with a propellant case (4) that contains a propellant charge (3) and an electrothermal ignition device, wherein several ignition channels (9) are provided in the charge (3), and extend axial-symmetrical in the direction of lon... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6725781 | Cartridge A cartridge, comprising a cartridge case (3), a projectile (4), a propellant charge igniter (8) extending in the direction of the longitudinal axis of cartridge (1) and arranged inside the cartridge case (3), and an electrically pr... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6712005 | Projectile A projectile to be fired from a gun having a chamber (2) with a conical transition region (4) to a caliber barrel (3) that adjoins the front of the gun. The projectile (5) has a sub-caliber penetrator (6), a jettisonable propelling... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6701656 | Weapon barrel having a hard chromium inner layer A weapon barrel includes a hard chromium layer provided on an inner barrel surface. The hard chromium layer contains at least 500 fissures/cm in a cross-sectional plane.... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6698329 | Method for replacing a fuse casing A method for replacing a fuse casing (4), which is riveted to the casing (2) of an active component (1) containing an explosive charge (3). The new fuse casing (4) laser-welded to the remaining rivet parts (5) of the active component casing (2). Welding f... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6595100 | Weapon A weapon having a barrel (3) supported in a cradle (2) for axial recoil movement, and having a breech block wedge (7) displaceable, transversely to the barrel axis (6) by a control unit (11) connected to the cradle and acting on a piston rod (8). The cont... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6589374 | Pourable, plastic-bound explosive charges and method of making the same A pourable, plastic-bound explosive charge has a crystalline explosive substance embedded in a polymer matrix which includes a binder, a softener and a metal powder. The metal powder which is added in a proportion of 0.1 to 10 weight % has substantially s... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6578493 | Electrothermal ignition device and method for producing the device The invention relates to an electrothermal ignition device for igniting a powder propellant charge (4), which comprises at least one electrically-conductive wire (11; 15; 19; 22), that extends, at least partially, through the propellant charge, and can be... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6573618 | Compact pulse-current supply Energy-supply systems that supply energy in the power range of a few Megawatts (MW) to Gigawatts (GW) within a pulse duration of a few milliseconds (ms) are referred to as pulse-current supplies. Such known energy supply system primarily comprises a charg... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6562216 | Method of coating an internal surface of a weapon barrel A method of coating a metal surface, particularly an inner surface of a gun barrel, with a chromium layer, includes the following steps: electrolytically precipitating on the metal surface a plurality of partial chromium layers in a superposed relationshi... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6558488 | Method of making pourable plastic-bound explosive charges or rocket propellant The invention relates to a method of making pourable, plastic-bound explosive charges or rocket propellants, to which a metal powder having essentially spherically shaped grains is added. To avoid an increase in the viscosity of the explosive charge or the roc... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6548125 | Method of internally coating a weapon barrel by means of a laser beam A method of coating an inner surface of a weapon barrel includes the following steps: directing a laser beam against the inner barrel surface to cause melting of regions thereof; introducing a coating material in one of powder, wire and ribbon form into t... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6543330 | Gun for firing electrically-ignitable cartridges containing electronic components A gun having a wedge-type breech block and a barrel seated in a cradle for firing electrically-ignitable cartridges containing electronic components, and an ignition contact (4) for connection to an external current source, and a signal contact (5) for co... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6536351 | Warhead A warhead (1) having a warhead casing (2) that encloses an explosive charge (5). To ensure that, during the detonation of the explosive charge (5), the warhead (1) effects a rapid acceleration of the fragments flying in the flight direction, and a lesser ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6536353 | Spin-stabilized projectile having a multi-part guide band and method of making the projectile A spin-stabilized projectile has a projectile body and a guide band being circumferentially mounted on an outer face of the projectile body. The guide band includes a plurality of axially adjoining partial guide bands. One of the partial guide bands is a ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6526892 | Artillery cartridge having an internal conductor arrangement A cartridge includes a cartridge case having a cartridge base; a projectile having a rearward portion received by the cartridge case; a propellant primer disposed in the cartridge case and extending along the longitudinal cartridge axis; an electrically p... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6511710 | Method of internally coating a weapon barrel by a plasma flame A method of coating an inner surface of a weapon barrel includes the following steps: introducing a plasma burner into the weapon barrel; producing a plasma flame by the plasma burner; directing the plasma flame against the inner barrel surface to cause i... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6502515 | Method of making a high-explosive projectile A method of providing a high-explosive projectile with desired areas of fragmentation includes the following steps: securing a steel plate component in a circumferentially extending recess in the outer surface of a projectile body; directing an energy bea... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6500326 | Method of internally coating a weapon barrel A method of coating an internal surface of a weapon barrel includes the steps of applying an intermediate layer to the internal barrel surface by explosion plating and applying a cover layer at least indirectly to the intermediate layer by electroplating.... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6481355 | Bomblet fuze with self-destruct mechanism A priming unit, consisting of a combination of rested casings 5, 6, 7, a firing pin 3 with assembly aid 12, as well as a priming spring 8 and a propulsion spring 9, are arranged to provide a secure detonation of a fuze or bomblet fuze. The priming unit en... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6477932 | Explosive-triggered RF beam source RF beam sources (HPM sources) serve in the non-lethal destruction, interference or screening of targets. An explosive-triggered RF beam source (2) constructed solely from a pulse-generation device (4), whose generated pulses are radiated directly at a tar... | 11/12/2002 |
