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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8161884 | System and method for explosively stamping a selective fragmentation pattern A selective fragmentation pattern of explosive material is applied to a surface of a munition. None, some, or all of the explosive material in the selective fragmentation pattern may be detonated, selectively stamping the surface of the munition with the detonated e... | 04/24/2012 |
| 7743707 | Fragmentation warhead with selectable radius of effects An explosive structure of the fragmentation type includes an outer casing comprising an energy dense explosive material and having an inner surface defining a chamber and means for propagating shock waves across the inner surface from a selected one of at least firs... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7418905 | Multi-mission payload system A missile, such as a cruise missile, has a nose payload portion having a frangible nose cover and a relatively hard target penetration nose cone. The nose cone may have a liquid fuel tank within, and a chemical energy explosive charge, such as a shaped charge, aft o... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418906 | Dual spin canister ammunition A dual spin projectile includes a base; a body connected to the base with a first snap joint, the first snap joint allowing relative rotation between the base and the body; a can having an open forward end and connected to the body with a second snap joint, the seco... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7322297 | Cannelured frangible projectile and method of canneluring a frangible projectile A method of canneluring a frangible projectile includes the steps of rotating the projectile at a high speed, and cutting the cannelure into the projectile to form a frangible cannelured projectile. To ensure that the body is not damaged during cutting, the cutting ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7284490 | Rod warhead systems and associated methods Rod warhead systems and associated methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a projectile having an arrangement of rods is propelled along a trajectory toward an object. The arrangement of rods is radially expanded from a first position to a second position prior to... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7121211 | Projectile having frangible trailing end barrier and method An ammunition projectile comprising a metal jacket containing a powder-based core incompletely filling the trailing end of the jacket, and a disc overlying the trailing end of the core within the jacket, the disc being frangible by reason of a plurality of indentati... | 10/17/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7093542 | Warhead with integral, direct-manufactured features Warhead structures and features are fabricated using direct manufacturing technologies, a method for fabricating bulk warhead structures by sequential and additive deposition of melted feedstock layers. Suitable energy sources for melting the feedstock can be variou... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7036432 | Explosive round with controlled explosive-formed fragments The invention provides an explosive round that produces fragments propelled by jetting effect, the round consisting in a firing head, an explosive charge, a fragment generating wall in direct contact with the explosive, which wall has a set of indentations extending... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6966265 | Unit of ammunition with one or more warhead casings An ammunition device (4) comprising one or more warhead effect jackets (17), each jacket containing warhead effect elements (18). The ammunition device also incorporates one or more explosive compositions arranged inside each warhead effect jack... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6935217 | Projectile jacket having frangible closed end and method of manufacture A frangible projectile for gun ammunition wherein the projectile includes a core 96 formed from one or more metal powders which are pressed into a self-supporting compact and incorporated into a metal jacket 10. The metal jacket is initially cup-shaped... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6857372 | Explosive ammunition with fragmenting structure The object of the invention is an explosive ammunition (1) having a fragmenting structure comprising an explosive charge (3) configured in a splinter-generating shell (2). This ammunition is characterized by comprising a case (7) e... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6817299 | Fragmenting projectile having threaded multi-wall casing A fragmenting projectile includes a multi-wall projectile casing with each wall thereof formed by a sleeve. Each pair of adjacent sleeves is defined by inner and outer sleeves that mate in a threaded engagement. Explosive material is disposed in an innermost sleeve.... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6708619 | Cartridge shell and cartridge for blast holes and method of use A cartridge shell 10 comprises a main body 12 defining a volume 14 for holding energetic material. The main body 12 has a first end 16 for location adjacent a toe 48 of a hole 46 and a second end 18 directed to... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6619210 | Explosively formed penetrator (EFP) and fragmenting warhead A warhead casing defines a geometry that is a portion of a ring having an outer radial wall and an inner radial wall spaced radially apart from one another. The outer radial wall and inner radial wall are joined radially by side walls, while the casing is... | 09/16/2003 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6484642 | Fragmentation warhead Fragmentation body for fragmentation projectiles and warheads, including an integral fragmentation shell structure made of cast metal, and the shell structure has an outer wall surface and an inner wall surface separated by a thickness of the shell, where... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6477959 | Wall breaching warhead A wall breaching warhead 10 for forming a hole through a brick wall includes a shaped charge 12 of explosive material having a central axis 14. The front surface of shaped charge 12 includes a central portion 16, adjacent to central axis 14, having a gene... | 11/12/2002 |
| 5965838 | Flat-sided warhead A warhead for use in air defense missiles has a flat-sided cross-sectional onfiguration which can be mass focused to direct an entire side onto a target. The warhead may be rotated about the missile longitudinal axis to properly orient a warhead side at th... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5852256 | Non-focusing active warhead A non-nuclear, non-focusing, active warhead that comprises a high explosive charge contained within a casing of reactive metal. When the high explosive is detonated, the reactive metal is dispersed and reacts with the air, which significantly increases th... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5690867 | Process for the manufacture of an explosive ammunition component with controlled fragmentation The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of an explosive ammunition component with controlled fragmentation, comprising a charge of solid explosive contained in a metal casing internally clad with a sleeve externally provided with indentatio... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5339741 | Precision fireworks display system having a decreased environmental impact A system and method for launching projectiles, such as fireworks projectiles, which explode in the air into a pyrotechnic display. The projectile includes a shell constructed from a binding agent and an explosive additive which explodes the shell into sma... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5337673 | Controlled fragmentation warhead case An improved method of producing a controlled fragmentation warhead case by mbedding an expanded metal liner on the interior surface of a casing for a warhead or other ordnance device. The process of embedding an expanded metal liner into the casing during ... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5313887 | Pyrotechnic device A pyrotechnic device comprises a receptacle which contains a charge of pyrotechnic material and an electric fuse to initiate the charge. The receptacle is formed of a plastics housing which has an area formed of lines of weakness adapted to rupture on act... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5157225 | Controlled fragmentation warhead A controlled fragmentation explosive device is disclosed. Fragmentation crol is achieved by providing both the inner and outer surfaces of a cylindrical case with intersecting longitudinal and circumferential "v" grooves having specific depth relationshi... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5131329 | Fragmentation projectile A fragmentation projectile having at least two adjacent casings including an inner casing having an inner surface and an outer surface, and at least one outer casing substantially surrounding the outer surface of the inner casing. An explosive charge is d... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5095821 | Fragmentation casing and method of making The fragmentation casing has a one-piece hollow body (1) that incorporates nominal break points; this hollow body (1) is divided at least in one section (4) by at least one separating cut (5) that forms a separating gap. The separating cut is so made that... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5048423 | Cartridge case for telescoped ammunition round A cartridge case for a telescoped ammunition round has a generally tubular case wall and an axially extending elongate score line in said wall to provide pressure relief during firing of the round. The elongate score line has a radial depth less than the ... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5040464 | Controlled fragmentation with fragment mix The fragmenting single walled cylinder disclosed yields a plurality of frents having shapes and masses according to a predetermined distribution. Fragment yield is controlled by the profile and orientation of internally formed grooves.... | 08/20/1991 |
| 4986188 | Protective casing for munitions having means enabling it to be broken through Disclosed is a protective casing for ejectable munitions, having means enabling it to be broken through, this being a necessary operation for the sub-munitions to be ejected, in the next stage, without any difficulty of breaking through and ejection. The ... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4977657 | Method of producing a fragmentation jacket The fragmentation jacket of a projectile or shell should be prefragmentized in the simplest possible manner by means of reference fracture locations provided at the inner side or interior surface of the fragmentation jacket. For this purpose, the referenc... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4942820 | Fragmentation device A fragmentation device includes a core of munitions in the form of a sphere. The sphere of munitions is surrounded by a spherical outer shell of a rubberized material. Further provide is a fuze at the surface of the internal rubberized material which is a... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4919050 | Well perforating device An improved well perforating device comprising a body member in the form of a cylindrical pressure vessel containing shaped explosive charges positioned normal to the longitudinal axis of the body member. The perforating device body is systematically shap... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4917016 | Warhead casing having peripheral coatings for the projectile formation by means of explosive A warhead casing containing an explosive charge for the formation of projectiles, and in which the casing has portions with notches formed therein to facilitate the formation of splinters or fragments in addition to the projectiles. The notches may be for... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4781117 | Fragmentable warhead of modular construction An improved fragmentable warhead of modular construction for a missile and he like, that is generally made up of an intermediate warhead missile section and an explosive cartridge. The cartridge is selectively removable from the missile section thereby per... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4745864 | Explosive fragmentation structure An explosive, fragmentation structure having means for selectively controlling fragment size and configuration. The structure includes an outer casing having an inner surface defining a chamber and further includes means for propagating shock waves across... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4722282 | Payload-carrying projectile A payload-carrying projectile 1 includes a sensor 16 and a sensor carrier 15 disposed in a launch-resistant manner in a recess 14 in the tail section 11 of the projectile 1. After impact of the projectile, which is stabilized by extendable vanes 12, in th... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4664035 | Missile warheads An improved anti-ballistic missile warhead in which the missile structure and warhead projectiles are combined into a single entity. The structure, which may be formed of superalloy to resist heat, requires no heat shield, the outer surface being aerodyna... | 05/12/1987 |
