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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5594197 | Secondary projectile for a tandem warhead The present invention relates to a secondary projectile for a tandem warhead including a forwardly located active charge, a rearwardly located active charge and a fuze which is arranged therebetween, and whose triggering direction is oriented towards the ... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5535679 | Low velocity radial deployment with predetermined pattern A plurality of objects is deployed in generally radial directions at a low velocity in order to achieve a predetermined pattern of the deployed objects. The device has an inner wall member (20), an annular body (43) of low velocity explosive, at least a f... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5293822 | Defensive shooting projectile This invention, a projectile, when used in standard issue handguns, rifles and shotguns was designed to address the problem of over penetration and possible ricochet when used in law enforcement work. The projectile comprises a hollow tubular body having ... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5163166 | Warhead with enhanced fragmentation effect Fragments, also in the shape of projectiles with a length to diameter ratio greater than 3, can be successfully accelerated directly by means of an explosive if at least one forward casing in the frontal zone of the fragment causes the shock wave generate... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5003885 | Warhead for an airborne body A warhead for an airborne body which is employed for the attacking of a lightly-armored target through the intermediary of splinters or fragments, and wherein the warhead possesses within a protective enclosure a safe-and-arm and triggering arrangement, a... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4967667 | Method and system for preventing salvage fusing of nuclear attack weapons A system for preventing salvage fusing of nuclear warhead attack weapons including an interceptor weapon having detecting means operably associated therewith for detecting an attack weapon at a predetermined distance. A disarming mechanism operably associ... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4882996 | Explosive projectile assembly with a projectile body An explosive missile or projectile assembly which possesses a projectile body and a ballistic hood which is positioned in front of the projectile body, wherein the hood encompasses a head end portion of the projectile body, and which includes an explosive... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4662281 | Low velocity disc pattern fragment warhead A fragment layer for a warhead including a plurality of axially adjacent, annular rings of preformed fragments, an annular retaining layer covering the outside surface of the rings, an annular explosive layer disposed between the annular rings and the war... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4658727 | Selectable initiation-point fragment warhead A fragment warhead including an explosive divided into a plurality of axially adjacent segments by detonation wave barriers. At least one detonator is embedded in each segment. A fragmentation layer encases the explosive, and a fuze selectively activates ... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4655139 | Selectable deployment mode fragment warhead A fragmentation warhead having a main explosive and first detonator for selectively detonating the main explosive. The main explosive is encompassed by a coaxial detonation wave barrier, a secondary explosive layer on the wave barrier and a fragment layer... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4493264 | Elastic fragmentation sleeve A means for augmenting the fragmentation of a lightly confined High Exploe Anti-Tank (HEAT) warhead so that it can be used as an area or interdiction weapon. Process involves the placement of an elastic sleeve over the HEAT warhead by the gunner in the f... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4430941 | Projectile with supported missiles A projectile is shown which has stacked bays to receive packs of flechettes. The flechettes of each pack are bound together and supported by a frangible matrix. The matrix consists of small smooth glass spheres bound together and to the flechettes by a re... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4388869 | Rotating rod warhead A warhead consisting of a bundle of cylindrical pellets or rods disposed in drum arrangement and means for rotating same to a speed having a given number of revolutions per unit of time, and a release actuator means for simultaneously releasing and disper... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4388870 | Bowed pellet pack warhead A bundle of tubular shaped pellets for a rotating warhead packaged in a wl arrangement for uniform dispersion without coning upon release.... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4327643 | Anti-aircraft projectile with base, high-explosive body, and ogive An anti-aircraft projectile for intercepting flying objects, such as aircraft and missiles, includes three independent zones which can be coupled to one another and which respectively form a base, a high-explosive body and an ogive. The base includes a bo... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4231293 | Submissile disposal system A system for dispersing submissiles from a cluster type weapons system comprising a multiplicity of hex-peaks cylindrical submissiles which have interstitial spaces between adjacent submissiles filled with a cylindrically shaped explosive charge.... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4216720 | Rod-fragment controlled-motion warhead (U) The destructive fragments used in the warhead are in a form of rods of suantially the same length as the warhead itself. Effectiveness is increased by so controlling the outward travel of the rods as to produce a propellering motion about the center of t... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4211169 | Sub projectile or flechette launch system An explosive flechette launching system which includes a central core expive driver having stacked coaxially thereabout a plurality of disc plates which have layered and sandwiched therebetween for radial launching a multiplicity of flechettes. In one em... | 07/08/1980 |
| 4192234 | Fragmentation explosive structure having elongated fragments An explosive structure of the fragmentation type has a plurality of elongated fragments which are effective against armored targets. The explosive structure has a wall portion extending alongside an explosive charge, the wall portion comprising a pluralit... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4147108 | Warhead 1. An explosive device comprising an explosive charge, a casing enclosing said charge, said casing being formed of rubber, a plurality of projectiles arranged around the exterior of said casing in juxtaposition therewith, means for detonating said explosi... | 04/03/1979 |
| 4103620 | Projectile explosive The invention relates to an explosive fragmentation type projectile stabilized by gyration, carrying a tubular case and provided with an instantaneous percussion head fuse and a tracer. The base of the projectile comprises a thick heavy and projecting central ... | 08/01/1978 |
| 4066018 | Propeller disk projectile A spin fired anti-aircraft projectile is fuzed to dispense circularly shaped propeller disks into a standing, ascending or descending type of fragment cloud in front of an invading target. The propeller disk warhead is designed to release a plurality of r... | 01/03/1978 |
| 4057001 | Endless carrier sleeve for discrete fragments This invention relates to the design and manufacture of a fragment shell usable in a warhead, with the novelty including the use of discrete fragments contained in a sleeve or tubing of considerable length, by virtue of which containment the fragments can... | 11/08/1977 |
| 4016816 | Shell especially for mortars A shell, especially for mortars, comprising a casing consisting of an outer layer and an inner layer, an intermediate layer disposed between the outer layer and the inner layer, splinter bodies contained within the intermediate layer, and at least one ann... | 04/12/1977 |
| 3994752 | Annealing treatment for controlling warhead fragmentation size distribution Methods for controlling the sizes and shapes of fragments produced by ward casings are disclosed.... | 11/30/1976 |
| 3981242 | Infrastar cannister cartridge Internally fragmented shot is stage released from a cartridge so as to yi a double cone-pattern of shot. The cartridge utilizes a two step fragment release design which expels fragments at two separate points on the projectile trajectory. Parasitic initi... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3977327 | Controlled fragmentation warhead A controlled fragmentation warhead employing an annular body comprising r of keystone fragments. The rows of fragments are offset one from another in a specific pattern based on the number of rows of fragments. The explosive charge is positioned inside t... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3974771 | Splinter warhead for guided flying bodies for combating aerial targets A splinter warhead for guiding flying bodies for combating aerial targets by detonation by a proximity fuse upon close approach to the target includes front and rear body portions interconnected by a warhead envelope constructed as a splinter warhead tran... | 08/17/1976 |
| 3956990 | Beehive projectile 1. Anti-personnel ammunition capable of direct and indirect fire comprising A body having a nose end and a base end An explosive charge positioned within said body adjacent its base end A multiplicity of anti-personnel fin stabilized flechettes within said body rran... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3954060 | Projectile A projectile having a first plurality of flechettes arranged to be disper during the flight of the projectile by an explosive removal of a surrounding portion of the projectile casing and a second plurality of flechettes adapted to be subsequently disper... | 05/04/1976 |
| 3938442 | Serrated supporting keying system for a beehive projectile A keying system for interlocking the components of a beehive type project by set back force generated by firing of the projectile. Tubular spacing members having smooth rims are engraved by a pre-engraved plate upon the set back force to prevent rotation... | 02/17/1976 |
