Class 102/508 - With cavity

Subclass of Class 102 - Ammunition and explosives
Definition: Subject matter including a hole in the projectile to facilitate
No. of patents: 26
Last issue date: 10/19/2010

Number	Title	Issue Date
7814837	Hunting bullet with reduced aerodynamic resistance The invention relates to ammunition for hunting guns. The bullet is of the type comprising an internal shaft (4) with a rigidity equal to or greater than that of the body of the bullet, disposed in a hole drilled in the body of the bullet along its axi...	10/19/2010
7380502	Rifle cartridge with bullet having resilient pointed tip A firearm cartridge with a bullet including a body and a nose element. The body has a forward end, and an opposed rear end, with an intermediate cylindrical portion between the ends. The front end of the body defines a cavity that may have a cylindrical shape. The n...	06/03/2008
7360491	Firearm projectile apparatus, method, and product by process A firearm projectile assembly apparatus disclosed herein comprises: a bullet; a hollow core running completely through the bullet from a front of the bullet subassembly to a rear of the bullet; a core material within at least part of the hollow core; and an expansio...	04/22/2008
7299733	Bullet with spherical nose portion A bullet includes a frontward facing aperture. Contained within the aperture is a relatively hard bullet frontal element that provides advantageous bullet impact performance. In one embodiment, the frontal element is a steel sphere that provides advantageous penetra...	11/27/2007
7299750	Partial fragmentation and deformation bullets having an identical point of impact Especially in hunting, the choice of bullets has to be such that it is in keeping with the wild animals to be hunted. According to the desired effect on the target, deformation bullets or partial fragmentation bullets are used. Since both types of bullets are differ...	11/27/2007
7178462	Projectile 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
7171905	Hollow point bullets and methods of fabricating the same A hollow point bullet and methods for fabricating the same are disclosed. An example hollow point bullet includes a recess opened at a tip of the bullet that includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion opens to the tip of the bullet and has a sq...	02/06/2007
7143679	Cannelured frangible cartridge and method of canneluring a frangible projectible 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 ...	12/05/2006
6971315	Reduced-contaminant deformable bullet, preferably for small arms Currently, 9 mm×19 mm caliber cartridges in the form of full-jacketed round-head bullets are used for small arms, especially for arms used by police. For safety reasons, efforts are being made to replace these bullets with a type of bullet that is prevented from pa...	12/06/2005
6964232	Bullet with spherical nose portion A bullet includes a frontward facing aperture. Contained within the aperture is a relatively hard bullet frontal element that provides advantageous bullet impact performance. In one embodiment, the frontal element is a steel sphere that provides advantageous penetra...	11/15/2005
6935243	Bullet A plated hollow-point bullet has a metallic plating which completely encapsulates a metallic core. A core precursor is formed having a nose compartment with an inwardly extending cavity. A metallic coating is applied to the precursor to completely encapsulate the pr...	08/30/2005
6526893	Polymer ballistic tip pellets Soft lead pellets with hard polymeric tips for use in air guns and the like are disclosed. The lead pellets have forward pointed tip portions made from a hard polymeric material. Tip portions are employed in three different configurations including a holl...	03/04/2003
6453820	Rotating tubular projectile A rotating tubular projectile for increasing the stability of the projectile and the accuracy of the firearm. The rotating tubular projectile includes a cylindrical body having an open first end. The cylindrical body has an axial passageway that extends t...	09/24/2002
6349651	Spinning and exploding projectile A projectile for use in hunting is formed of a hard tapered first body, and second and third bodies disposed behind the first body. The three bodies are connected together by an axial stem extending rearwardly from the first body and a securing nut thread...	02/26/2002
6244187	Increased velocity-performance-range bullet A mushrooming bullet having a highly improved performance in the retention of the lead core within the bullet jacket subsequent to impact, and in performing effectively over a substantially wider velocity range, the bullet retaining its lead core within i...	06/12/2001
6244186	Air gun pellet An air gun pellet with a head including two distinct structural features, providing overall improved performance. The first feature is a multiple section rim or cup on the head which enlarges or mushrooms upon impact. The second feature is a central drivi...	06/12/2001
6240850	Bullets for use in hitting targets at short range An improved bullet featuring a large, heavy non-aerodynamically shaped projectile that is to be used in short range life or death situations. This projectile and cartridge would be used in large game applications where the intent is not to fire unless in ...	06/05/2001
6230630	Aerodynamic projectiles and methods of making the same An aerodynamic projectile, preferably a non-lethal projectile, including a projectile shell having an aerodynamic structure and a controlled center of gravity which exhibits improved aerodynamics and resulting accuracy and which fractures in a predetermin...	05/15/2001
5722035	Method of producing hunting projectile with hollow point A hunting projectile with a hollow point is produced with a only few working steps, and in particular a hollow point construction is formed out only in one working step. For this purpose the whole projectile is made of a metal powder by a powder-metallurg...	02/24/1998
5471719	Air gun pellet forming method An air gun pellet is formed to include providing a pellet member having a conical skirt, to include a pellet head along a pellet axis, with a skirt cavity directed into the skirt and a head cavity directed into the head coaxially aligned along the axis, w...	12/05/1995
4947755	Bullet having sections separable upon impact A rifle or handgun bullet having a cylindrical base and a leading end of ogival shape extending for a portion of its length is divided into a plurality of sections by parting lines extending radially inwardly from the outer periphery of the body towards t...	08/14/1990
4836110	Bullet having sections separable upon impact and method of fabrication A rifle or handgun bullet having a base and a leading end of ogival shape extending for a portion of its length is divided into a plurality of sections by parting lines extending radially from the central axis and terminating a short distance from the out...	06/06/1989
4829906	Cutting bullet In certain types of firearm competition bowling pin-like objects are shot at, with the goal of knocking them off of a platform. To accomplish this with conventional bullets having a standard tapered bullet requires great skill. This invention relaxes the ...	05/16/1989
4655140	Projectile, for example for hunting purposes, and process for its manufacture A projectile suitable for example for hunting purposes, with a body tapering toward its forward end, comprising in the area of its tapered forward end a plurality of weakened locations in the form of cuts and/or notches extending at an angle obliquely to ...	04/07/1987
4245557	Projectile, especially for hand firearms and automatic pistols A projectile, especially for hand firearms and automatic pistols, including a core member formed of a first material and provided with a blind bore extending in the forward direction into an outwardly inclined truncated cone surface indentation in the cor...	01/20/1981
4044685	Jacketless hunting bullet with roll-back cutting flags A jacketless hunting projectile or bullet of the mushrooming-tip, high cutting-type has a projectile body including a solid cylindrical guide part and a hollow head tapering toward a point. The hollow head has a progressively increasing wall thickness tow...	08/30/1977

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