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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7360489 | Non-lethal cargo projectile A non-lethal cargo projectile comprises a projectile body; a fuze adapter attached to a front of the projectile body; a fuze attached to the fuze adapter; a boattail attached to a rear of the projectile body; a pressure tube extending from the fuze adapter to the bo... | 04/22/2008 |
| 6869043 | Deployable flare with simplified design The center of pressure of a projectile is caused to move upon the occurrence of an event that changes the static margin, such as the jettisoning of a body previously attached to the projectile, as noted above. In particular embodiments, this is achieved by a flare d... | 03/22/2005 |
| 5233126 | Deceleration device for a submunition unit with textile package for deceleration element A deceleration device for a submunition unit ejectable from a spin stabilized carrier projectile includes a deployable deceleration element. The deceleration element is packaged in textile package including an essentially circular disc, at least three str... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5188315 | Submunition unit including a rotary parachute A submunition unit provided with a rotary parachute (3) as the sole parachute. The parachute, after release, initially is unable to be fully deployed due to reef loops (16) provided on the rigging lines (15) and held by a releasable holding device arrange... | 02/23/1993 |
| 4953813 | Ejectable member with parachute An ejectable or launchable member which possesses a storage space for a parachute. An ejectable member of the type which is under consideration herein has the dimensions of the constructional elements reduced in the periphery of a parachute cassette, so a... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4765247 | Parachute collapsing system and method for flares A tether line is connected between a rocket launched flare and the canopy of a supporting parachute to cause the parachute to collapse and fall to the earth along with the burned out flare upon release of the single support cable.... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4700628 | Smoke grenade A smoke grenade comprising a launching device (1), an instantaneous smoke device (2) and an IR-smoke generator (3) is provided with a casing (4) which can be deformed to guiding/supporting fins (4').... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4667600 | Safe/arm explosive transfer mechanism A safe/arm mechanism for an air-delivered explosive device uses a slider containing explosive leads as the means of interrupting the explosive train. The slider is locked in the safe position such that the explosive leads are out-of-line with respect to t... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4651648 | Pyrotechnic aircraft carried bomb A pyrotechnic, aircraft carried bomb such as a smoke bomb, illumination b, flare bomb and the like. The bomb comprises detachable delay and nose sections and two main body sections separable from each other and each holding a pyrotechnic charge. The tail... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4162053 | Brake device for rotating body A brake device for retarding linear and rotative movement of a load carrying unit after ejection from an in-flight projectile, wherein a container encloses the unit and includes a plurality of slits which divide the container into sections. Each section i... | 07/24/1979 |
| 4013009 | Illuminating projectiles and pyrotechnic devices An illuminating projectile which can be launched from a rifled-tube unit. The projectile includes on the one hand an illuminating flare which can be disconnected from the body of the projectile after a predetermined period of time under the action of an ejecti... | 03/22/1977 |
