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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4549488 | Projectile having a tubular body A projectile comprises a tubular body and a sabot or impact base connected to the rear portion. The tubular body is connected to the sabot by radially extending pins, and the rear face of the body is spaced from a circular shoulder of the sabot by a dista... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4488491 | Area multiplier The invention is an improved area multiplier for use in munitions launching aboted sub-caliber projectiles. The improved area multiplier not only provides the increased area required to reduce sabot base stresses to acceptable levels, but it has a novel an... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4476785 | Sabot projectile In a sabot projectile, a projectile core is held fast in a sabot. To the outside of the sabot a hood engaging over the projectile core is secured. To obtain a tight seal of the hood on the sabot by simple measures, particularly without a thread, the shell... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4446771 | Projectile firing weapon with wad discharge port A repeating or self-loading firearm has a discharge port between the firing chamber and the breech end of the barrel bore so that a piston inside the cartridge may discharge therethrough upon firing. Rapid, prolonged firing is possible due to a refrigerat... | 05/08/1984 |
| 4434718 | Sabot and projectile A discarding sabot projectile for shotgun of unique construction whereby the separation of the projectile and sabot is enhanced by opposing air pressure and the unique construction of the sabot. The sabot as utilized herein comprises a plastic body firmly... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4430943 | Fin-stabilized projectile having a sabot base and forming a practice projectile A fin-stabilized projectile having a sabot which forms a practice projectile with a sub-caliber projectile including a sabot whose base includes a passageway for propellant charge gases and a projectile component which is displaceable by the gases.... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4408538 | Launching mechanism for subcalibre projectile Launching mechanism for fine stabilized subcalibre projectile fired from a gun barrel having a smooth or rifled bore. The mechanism comprises a sabot equipped with fork joints in which are articulated a set of jaws having means for articulation in rotation, ... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4307651 | Rocket in-tube spin device and rear sabot A spin device attached to the rocket nozzle to impart a relatively large unt of spin to the rocket in a short time while the rocket is guided in a tube launcher of a rearward facing step internal configuration. The device also acts as a rear shoe or sabo... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4239006 | Self lubricating sabot Sabots for modern firearms, including both rifles and pistols, which have reduced friction thus imparting greater sub-caliber projectile velocity are made from a thermoplastic resin containing finely divided solid lubricant fillers. Preferably the forward... | 12/16/1980 |
| 4203364 | Cartridge for reducing bore erosion and extending barrel life A liquid filled plastic capsule placed immediately behind the projectile is forced against the projectile base when the propellant charge is ignited. This action ruptures a diaphragm in the forward face of the capsule, releasing the encapsulated liquid an... | 05/20/1980 |
| 4148259 | Sabot assembly for a subcaliber spin stabilized projectile A spherical convex pusher plate member is positioned intermediate the rear end of a subcaliber tubular projectile and the forward section of a cup shaped sabot carrier to improve the ballistic performance of the projectile by reduction of a parasitic weig... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4043269 | Sealed sabot projectile A sealed sabot projectile wherein the rear centering ring of the sabot has n opening to expose the projectile tracer material to the propulsion gases. This opening has a seal over it with a small aperture therein for controlled flow of gases to ignite the ... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4000698 | Self-separating sabot A unique sabot for a sub-caliber or otherwise unusually configured projectile, the sabot being designed to have regions which, under the pressures automatically applied to one or more surfaces of the sabot during the launching of the projectile, fail, cau... | 01/04/1977 |
| 3948184 | Sub-calibre projectile shells The shell includes a core wedged rearwardly in a shoe and attached by a glue joint to a destructible plastics skirt fixed to the shoe. The invention is particularly useful for small or medium calibre shells.... | 04/06/1976 |
