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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7104497 | Method of synchronizing fin fold-out on a fin-stabilized artillery shell, and an artillery shell designed in accordance therewith This disclosure relates to a method of limiting the yawing motion on the trajectory of an artillery shell during the firing phase using a sliding driving band and completely folded-in guide fins. The shell is converted as soon as possible outside the mouth of the ba... | 09/12/2006 |
| 5353711 | Extended range artillery projectile The disclosure is of an artillery projectile including a projectile body taining, among other things, a rocket motor at the front of the projectile and coupled to nozzles in the body of the projectile through which burning propellant gases flow.... | 10/11/1994 |
| 4896607 | Boosted kinetic energy penetrator fuze A fuze for missile having a linear axis passing rearwardly through a forward penetrator, an explosive charge with the penetrator, a fuze rearward the explosive charge, a propulsion rocket rearward of the fuze, and a canister rearward of the rocket and con... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4739705 | Arming and motor ignition device A combined warhead arming and drive motor ignition device for a self-propelled missile having a warhead and a drive motor comprises a first acceleration responsive means (1, 2, 3, 4) to provide an output when the missile achieves a first acceleration, a t... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4712465 | Dual purpose gun barrel for spin stabilized or fin stabilized projectiles and gun launched rockets A gun barrel and projectile system utilizes a smooth central bore gun barrel fitted with a short rifled insert near the breech end. A projectile fitted with a perforated skirt and driving band about the base of the skirt are loaded into the gun barrel so ... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4408536 | Method of re-entry body separation and ejection A method of separating and ejecting a re-entry body from a booster rocket thout tip-off by igniting a pair of diametrically opposed rockets attached to the base of the re-entry body which provide thrust at an angle, and then firing a plurality of pyrotech... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4406210 | Jet-propelled missile with single propellant-explosive A spin-stabilized spherical jet-propelled missile is disclosed for use in combination with a launching apparatus which includes rotary means for rotating the missile and release means for releasing the missile after a period of initial spinup. The missile... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4372212 | Composite safe and arming mechanism for guided missile An electro-mechanical mechanism is disclosed which controls safety-armingring of an air-launched missile's rocket motor and safety-arming of the warhead. The mechanism has an out-of-line safety pyrotechnic design to maintain the electric firing circuits ... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4165608 | Sensor for rocket engines A sensor for rocket engines having at least one combustion chamber including a pressure-sensitive sensing device responsive to pressure in the combustion chamber for providing an output signal to a control device in response to the pressure in the combust... | 08/28/1979 |
| 3994231 | Guided missile warhead fuze A guided missile fuze comprising a safety-arming mechanism. Upon intentio launch of the missile the explosive train of the fuze is mechanically and electrically aligned, provided prescribed launch and flight events occur and a specific time has elapsed. ... | 11/30/1976 |
| 3991683 | Safety device for projectiles A projectile having a chamber containing a propellant charge with an electric igniter and also having a chamber containing an explosive charge with a time delay fuse. The chambers are separated by a wall in which there is a firing pin actuated by pressure... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3976012 | Arrangement for automatic switching in electric fuses for projectiles An automatic switching arrangement in electric fuses for projectiles which can be set on at least three different operational functions, for example proximity fuse function and inpact fuse function with two different sensitivities. The electric fuse compr... | 08/24/1976 |
