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Class 102/397 - With target contact anticipator


Subclass of Class 102 - Ammunition and explosives
Definition: Subject matter including means which projects a distance
No. of patents: 12
Last issue date: 02/20/2007


NumberTitleIssue Date
7178462Projectile with members that deploy upon impact
A projectile includes members that deploy upon impact with a target. The projectile includes a nose piece with a portion that shears off upon impact with the target, causing the nose piece to be pushed inside the projectile. As the nose piece is pushed inside the pr...
02/20/2007
7100511Dual redundancy system for electronic detonators
A detonator assembly (10) comprising a housing (12) disclosed and claimed. The assembly comprises an main circuit (11) comprising an electrically operable fuse (16) located in the housing. The assembly further comprises at least a first r...
09/05/2006
6378435Variable target transition detection capability and method therefor
A projectile fuze detects transitions between target layers by an electronic antenna radiating laterally into the target material and coupled to a pullable oscillator whose frequency shifts as the target material changes while the projectile penetrates. A...
04/30/2002
5515786Projectiles for attacking hard targets and method for controlling initiation of a projectile
A projectile includes an explosive charge, a corresponding initiating device, a penetrator that only deforms upon impact with a target having a predetermined mechanical resistance, an internal impact contactor arranged between the penetrator and the charg...
05/14/1996
4825766Fuzing arrangements
A submunition has a metallic body 1 a sensor 4 for sensing the presence of metal and an extendable probe (e.g. a spring 3) separating the sensor 4 and body 1 to avoid interference with the sensor. A circuit including the metal sensor and an impact sensor ...
05/02/1989
4803928Tandem charge projectile
A projectile with a tandem charge consisting of a borehole charge and a secondary firing charge, in which exact piercing guidance between the borehole charge and the secondary firing charge is obtained by the counterdirectional motion of the housing part ...
02/14/1989
4750426Submunition
An article of submunition, having a housing on which there is arranged an outwardly extendable distance feeler or spacer support. A head on the support carries a sensor which is connected through the intermediary of a connector cable to an evaluating circ...
06/14/1988
4669386Spreadable telescopic head for appliances, projectiles, bombs or missiles
A telescopic warhead for a submunition ejectable from a carrier projectile the explosive charge of which is made up of submunitions scatterable and housed in the front portion of the carrier projectile, characterized in that the telescopic head includes a...
06/02/1987
4640194Airborne arrangement for producing a projectile
The invention relates to a mine or drop bomb having an effective load, a shaped charge, and an antenna which encompasses a target recognition device. In order to achieve on the one hand a rugged, arrangement which can withstand high acceleration forces, a...
02/03/1987
4567829Shaped charge projectile system
This invention provides a subcaliber projectile which is launched from a full bore projectile having a shaped charge warhead prior to impact with the target. The subcaliber projectile is tethered to the full bore projectile by means of a fine electrical c...
02/04/1986
4367680Standoff munition
The invention features use of a probe that is flexible until after the munition is projected, so that it may be folded up and compactly stored despite considerable length, but is fairly rigid as the munition descends toward earth, and cooperates with othe...
01/11/1983
4175491Warhead and anti-tank missile construction
A warhead for an anti-tank projectile or a rocket propelled missile inclu a warhead body with a casing having a plurality of concave shaped-charge type liners arranged around the periphery and surrounding the interior explosive charge and in a plurality ...
11/27/1979
 
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