Class 102/510 - With expanding member

Subclass of Class 102 - Ammunition and explosives
Definition: Subject matter including means to partially fill the cavity
No. of patents: 35
Last issue date: 05/08/2012

Number	Title	Issue Date
8171852	Expanding projectile An improved projectile having a penetrator and a body is disclosed. The penetrator is secured to the body. Upon impacting a target, the pentrator travels into the body and deforms the body. The body optionally has one or more portions, such as slots in the body, to ...	05/08/2012
7487727	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...	02/10/2009
7373887	Expanding projectile A projectile comprising a body having a channel, one or more recesses in the channel, a plunger in the channel, and a fluid in the channel is provided. When the projectile impacts a target, the plunger is driven down the channel, exerting a force on the fluid. The f...	05/20/2008
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
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
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
7191709	Enhanced performance reactive composite projectiles A reactive composite projectile includes a reactive composite material in a solid shape and an encasement material applied to and surrounding the solid shape for exerting compressive forces thereon. Additionally or alternatively, an elongate structure can be positio...	03/20/2007
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
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
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
6931994	Tandem warhead A tandem warhead for destroying a target, the tandem warhead including a kinetic energy rod section with a plurality of lengthy individual projectiles, a blast fragmentation section deployable proximate the target, and a guidance subsystem for deploying the projecti...	08/23/2005
6845717	Bullet with an internally carried sub-projectile The invention relates to ammunitions for weapons of all calibers. The inventive ammunition includes a bullet which has the same caliber as the weapon or which is under calibrated, comprising a center part (2) and a rear part (1) which can carry a fin (...	01/25/2005
6837165	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...	01/04/2005
6792869	Expanding soft point bullet A bullet has a core with a leading end defining a cavity. A jacket surrounds the core and exposes the cavity. A nose element is at least partly received within the cavity. The nose element may be a plastic ball with an exposed nose surface that smoothly transitions ...	09/21/2004
6675718	Hydraulic cylinder projectile and method of making the same A hydraulic cylinder projectile assures radial expansion of the projectile upon impact at low velocity with a target. A hydraulic cylinder insert is disposed in an axial central bore of a projectile body. The hydraulic cylinder insert has a closed leading...	01/13/2004
6655295	Small-calibre deformation projectile and method for the manufacture thereof A small calibre projectile has an outer hollow cylindrical base member and a conical or ogive front region constructed to mushroom upon impact. A sleeve core is inserted into the cylindrical base member with a non-positive fit, the core extending beyond t...	12/02/2003
6581503	Method of manufacturing a soft point bullet A method of manufacturing a soft point bullet and the bullet resulting there from. The method comprises forming a bullet core of a first material plated with a second material; providing a cavity in one end of the plated core of preferably polygonal shape...	06/24/2003
6405654	Muzzle-loader projectile with a plastic insert The invention is an improved ammunition for use in muzzle-loader guns, where the invention is a muzzle-loader projectile that is substantially conventional in overall appearance to prior art, black powder projectiles, but differs significantly in that it ...	06/18/2002
6182574	Bullet A projectile designed to be fired from firearms. The projectile has a generally conically shaped jacket having a forward tip, rear base, a body portion, and a central axis. The jacket is formed of a first metal. Located inside the jacket is a generally co...	02/06/2001
6176186	Subsonic expansion projectile The present invention is directed toward an expansion projectile capable of achieving complete expansion at a subsonic speed. The projectile consists of a malleable core and a jacket of more structural integrity. Complete expansion is achieved through the...	01/23/2001
5801324	Dividing bullet having longitudinally joined jacketed projectile segments that separate upon target impact A dividing bullet includes a projectile body and a seam through the projectile body. The projectile body has a longitudinal central axis and a plurality of individually jacketed longitudinally extending segments. Each segment has an inner core of a first ...	09/01/1998
5763819	Obstacle piercing frangible bullet The present invention relates generally to small arms bullets and relates in particular to frangible bullets and ordinance which fragments following penetration of a variety of obstacles prior to encountering the intended target zone. The disclosure relat...	06/09/1998
5760329	Ammunition round for guns An ammunition round for guns has a cartridge case provided with a detonator cap at one end, a bullet inserted in the other open end and an explosive charge between them. The base of the bullet has a recess in which there is a pyrotechnic insert generating...	06/02/1998
5349907	High velocity projectile Disclosed is a projectile that has high velocity at short range. The projectile has a body of material that is lighter, more lubricous and more deformable than a partial jacket on the rearward portion of the projectile. The jacket defines an annular array...	09/27/1994
5291833	Armor-piercing fragmentation subcaliber projectile A projectile for an armored target is characterized in that the body consists of a block of dense material with a frustoconical axial bore, its large end opening in the plane of face of the body. The transmission element consists of a rod extending from t...	03/08/1994
5185495	Projective with improved flowering The invention is an improved partially jacketed projectile intended for small arms use. The projectile includes a central stem integral with a rear wall of the projectile, the rear wall in turn being integral with the partial jacket. A core surrounding th...	02/09/1993
5097768	Petalling projectile The invention is a firearms projectile having an improved petalling action upon impacting a target. The projectile includes a slug whose head is separated into petalling elements by fins of a softer material than that of the slug, the head defining a cent...	03/24/1992
4776279	Expanding ballistic projectile An improved expanding ballistic projectile is disclosed which has an inner core of dense relatively soft, deformable material, and an outer jacket of malleable material. A central axial recess is provided in the nose portion of the inner core and a centra...	10/11/1988
4685397	Lead-free bullet for hunting There is disclosed a lead-free and plastics-free hunting bullet, preferably made of tombac, in which on impact with a target a cap, which is provided with wedge-shaped projections, is forced rapidly rearwards within the bullet so that the projections rupt...	08/11/1987
4665827	Expandable bullet A bullet is described having a series of slits disposed along the length thereof about the circumference of the bullet and through to a cavity disposed in the front of the bullet through the center. The cavity is comprised of three sections and is adopted...	05/19/1987
4136616	Cartridge for hand and shoulder firearms A cartridge for firearms comprises a cartridge case filled with powder and containing a fuse and a projectile being in the form of a cylindrical main body having at its front end a central projecting tip and/or a projecting circumferential rim and having ...	01/30/1979
3991684	Bone piercing hunting bullet A copper jacketed bullet with two V-shaped ogive shaped steel tips mounted in the ogive lead tip of the bullet to penetrate further into an animal as the lead tip of the bullet mushrooms increasing the killing power of the bullet....	11/16/1976
3941059	Flechette This invention comprehends an improved flechette structure having means for urning back split forward portions thereof upon the striking of the target thereby to increase the wound capabilities of the flechette. The flechette structure includes a one-piece...	03/02/1976

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