Class 102/382 - DROP BOMBS

Subclass of Class 102 - Ammunition and explosives
Definition: Apparatus and corresponding methods having an explosive
No. of patents: 36
Last issue date: 08/23/2011

Number	Title	Issue Date
8001901	Signal transmission surveillance system A system and method of detecting, processing, and selectively responding to radio frequency transmissions detected by at least one projectile deployed above a geographic area. ...	08/23/2011
7370584	Second environment sensing in smart bombs A safety and arming apparatus for arming a fuze of a smart weapon comprise a release sensor and a verification maneuver sensor in cooperative electronic communication with each other, such that when the release sensor senses that the weapon has been released and the...	05/13/2008
7273010	Impact part of a projectile An impact part on a projectile permits the activation of detonation systems within a large angular range of contact with a target. The impact part is provided with annular recesses with embedded circular rings that engage with the target and prevent the projectile f...	09/25/2007
7261042	Insensitive munition design for shrouded penetrators A munition and method of making same comprising at least partially surrounding a warhead with a protective barrier comprising pumice and surrounding the protective barrier with a shroud. ...	08/28/2007
7178442	Detachable hanger The invention is a detachable hanger assembly for attaching a flying object to a launch rail on a launch platform. The detachable hanger assembly is attached to the flying object by one or more bolts and is adapted to slide in a slot in the launch rail when the flyi...	02/20/2007
7121353	Airborne vehicle for firefighting An airborne vehicle (1, 2, 10) which is equipped with an extinguishant container (12) for mist extinguishing is specified for efficient firefighting. A detonator (18) which is located on the extinguishant container (12) can be detonated v...	10/17/2006
7089862	Water pod A water pod for assisting a user in extinguishing forest fires includes a hollow shell constructed with a biodegradable plastic that ruptures upon impact when dropped from an aircraft. The shell includes a fill port allowing it to be filled with water or another fla...	08/15/2006
7090029	Firefighting bomblets and a precision aerial firefighting method utilizing the same A firefighting bomblet includes a container having rigid supportive walls that together define a faceted-sphere shape, a cavity disposed inside the container and defined by the walls, and an opening in one of the walls for filling the cavity with a fire retardant. T...	08/15/2006
6945088	Multi-fragment impact test specimen A multiple fragment impact test specimen, and a method for using it in multiple fragment impact tests against a target, is disclosed. The test specimen comprises two or more fragments fixed to one or more connecting members so that the fragments are held at a fixed ...	09/20/2005
6910421	General purpose bombs A general purpose bomb having a shaped charge penetrator warhead mounted in the front of the bomb and facing forward, in which the caliber of the warhead is at least 90% of the caliber of the general purpose bomb. ...	06/28/2005
6453790	Munitions success information system A system for communicating hardened, buried target arrival-related data from an airborne warhead device to a remote mission analysis location is disclosed. The communicated information especially relates to impact deceleration events encountered by a hard...	09/24/2002
6408762	Clamp assembly for shrouded aerial bomb A target penetrating aerial bomb including a penetrating body shaped for improved target penetration, having a narrower impact profile at approximately the same weight as an existing bomb. An aerodynamic shroud encases the penetrating body and emulates th...	06/25/2002
6389977	Shrouded aerial bomb A target penetrating aerial bomb including a penetrating body shaped for improved target penetration, having a narrower impact profile at approximately the same weight as an existing bomb. An aerodynamic shroud encases the penetrating body and emulates th...	05/21/2002
6374744	Shrouded bomb A shrouded bomb is provided having components which are substantially free of weld lines and rivets. The shroud assembly includes a nose cone having a forward end and a rear end, a central tube having a forward end contiguous with the rear end of the nose...	04/23/2002
6157875	Image guided weapon system and method An image guided weapon system employing passive optical terminal guidance d method which provides the precision strike capability without requiring the use of a designator or the presence of an additional designator aircraft, which can operate through the...	12/05/2000
6079334	Grenade for a grenade thrower Shell for trench mortars and similar firing systems, which shell includes an effective portion, which can be fired from a barrel by a propellant charge, there being a pressure plate provided between the effective portion and the propellant charge, which p...	06/27/2000
6012393	Asymmetric penetration warhead A penetration warhead of a positively position-controlled roll-stabilized missile. The warhead has a main axis and includes a nose section which is asymmetric with respect to the main axis of the warhead, the asymmetry is selected such that upon impacting...	01/11/2000
6003809	Process and apparatus for discouraging countermeasures against a weapon transport device A weapon transport device transports along a path toward a target in hostile territory, (1) a target-intended weapon and (2) biological, chemical and/or radioactive agents for attacking the occupants of such territory should they execute countermeasures a...	12/21/1999
5698814	Hard target penetrator with multi-segmenting casing cutter A penetrating bomb weapon comprising a long hollow cylinder constructed of high strength steel or similar material and including a pointed nose to aid in penetration of media such as concrete, soil, steel or a hardened surface. The cylinder contains an in...	12/16/1997
5109774	Penetrative projectiles Disclosed is a new type of penetrating projectile, the penetrating capacity of which is improved and more efficiently controlled, notably through a solution to the problems of obliquity. A projectile of this type has a front element forming the active par...	05/05/1992
5056408	Self-retracting, drag-free lug for bombs A self-retracting bomb suspension lug assembly for being releasably supported by a hook or the like of an airplane bomb rack. The lug is mounted within a housing for axial movement and has an outer surface conforming to the shape of the bomb so as to elim...	10/15/1991
5042744	Guideable stores A guideable sonobuoy is disclosed that is ejected from a moving aircraft o the free stream with a ring wing opened to guide the buoy along a predetermined flight path. While the buoy remains packed inside a launch container, the ring wing, made of spring...	08/27/1991
4981079	Projectile for the neutralization of a zone, notably an airfield The disclosed projectile has a tube forming a mortar, a munition contained in the tube, at least three deployable fins, solidly joined to the tube, and firing means triggering the ejection of the munition. During operation, when the projectile, released f...	01/01/1991
4674407	Lug assembly for bomb to bombrack attachment A bomb to bombrack attachment lug assembly engages in a keyhold slot of a actice bomb casing and includes a metal lug element and a plastic locator element that centers and releasably locks the assembly in the keyhold slot. The lug element has an eye port...	06/23/1987
4637313	Earth penetrator A terra-finned earth penetrator having a plurality of axially symmetric fins adapted to rotate in a downward direction in response to off-axis inertial reactive forces generated on impact with earth. The penetrator thereby executes a tuck maneuver within ...	01/20/1987
4505203	Frangible ballast In combination: an elongated container comprising a plurality of explosively separable parts extending rearwardly from a closed forward end; a load in the rearward end of said container; and a frangible, unitary ballast member in the container between the...	03/19/1985
4488487	Stepped body penetration bomb A penetration bomb has a resistant body containing an explosive composition. The body has a rear portion connected by an intermediate portion to a front portion of reduced diameter. While the rear portion has a high explosive content, typically higher tha...	12/18/1984
4405100	Turbulence generator for maximizing configuration tolerances of free flight ordnance A turbulence generator is provided on the forward end of a free flight ornce device to induce a turbulent boundary layer over the surface of the device. The turbulent layer generated is thicker than the normal boundary layer and helps reduce drag dispari...	09/20/1983
4283988	Tail carriage of stores A system for carrying and rearwardly launching and/or ejecting a store from an aircraft while flying at low altitudes. The store which may be in the form of a bomb, pod, missile, etc. is mounted at the top of one or more vertical stabilizers at the aft en...	08/18/1981
4248084	Bomb calorimeter A bomb calorimeter is presented in which a cartridge type specimen holder is provided in a fitted bomb casing so that a separate pressure seal is no longer required and the ease of making repeated tests is enhanced. The overall efficiency is also improved...	02/03/1981
4166416	Obturating split disc A structural improvement to, and a method of improving, an air-dropped spin-actuated bomb of the anti-personnel type. The structural improvement comprises a split flexible polyethylene obturating disc which replaces the prior art rigid metal obturating di...	09/04/1979
4152987	Impermeable polymer bomb liner for use with TNT containing explosives A polymeric bomb liner prepared from a polyvinylidene chloride latex emulsion....	05/08/1979
4083304	Bomb fuze arming clip A bomb fuze arming clip made of spring steel and having a substantially triangular or loop shape. A first side of the triangle extends for some distance through a hook in which the end of the third side is formed. The clip is made of spring steel. Downwar...	04/11/1978
3961576	Reactive fragment A fragment for an ordnance item having a blind recess within which are disposed a number of layers or pellets of thermite (Al-Fe2 O3) or a thermite-like metal-metal oxide mixture; the density of each layer being successively less tha...	06/08/1976
3937144	Internal stabilizing device for air and water missiles An apparatus and method for reducing the launch disturbance of a weapon se on a supersonic aircraft is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a flywheel rotatably mounted within the store. The flywheel is pre-spun before launch using internal rockets or ram ...	02/10/1976

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