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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8171854 | Cartridge A cartridge (1) is provided comprising a cartridge case (2) and a projectile arrangement (3; 3′) with an arrow projectile (5; 5′) with a sub-caliber control unit (7), wherein the projectile arrangement (3; 3′) is conne... | 05/08/2012 |
| 7958829 | Sabot A sabot with exactly two complimentary halves, wherein each half portion comprises teeth configured to interlock with teeth of the other half portion. The sabot may further comprise a semi-circular groove configured in the teeth of each half portion. Also, each half... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7302892 | Sabot and shotshell combination A sabot and shotshell combination includes a bullet, a shotshell hull, propellant, a shotshell primer, wadding, and a sabot comprising a molded member having a base portion and a plurality of petal portions each extending from a proximal base root to a distal tip, t... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7210412 | Sleeved projectiles Projectile (10) is for use with barrel assemblies of the type having a plurality of axially disposed projectiles within a bore and wherein discrete propellant charges are provided for propelling respective projectiles sequentially from the bore. Projectile ( | 05/01/2007 |
| 7089866 | Small arms projectile A projectile (1) for a small arms weapon having a muzzle, the projectile having a casing (2) and fins (3), pivotally mounted upon said casing and urged outwardly of the casing, for automatic deployment after leaving the muzzle; wherein the casin... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7047886 | Method and apparatus for removing obstructions in the mines The present invention is directed to a system for fragmenting rock obstacles and obstructions in mines. The system uses a projectile having a flat or concave nose and a detonating device that has a safety pin to prevent a striker from prematurely igniting the primer... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7013811 | Sabot for reducing the parasitic weight of a kinetic energy projectile An energetic sabot allows part of the sabot to burn away at a controlled rate, adding propellant energy to the gun while at the same time completely support the projectile rod. The energetic sabot is thicker or larger at shot start to support the projectile without ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7007609 | Sabot for a bullet A plastic, cup-shaped, multi-petal sabot housing a sub-caliber projectile for use such as in shotgun cartridges. The sabot engages the rifling of the shotgun barrel and transfers the spin to the projectile. A reinforcement disk is advantageously at least partially e... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6945088 | Multi-fragment impact test specimen A multiple fragment impact test specimen, and a method for using it in multiple fragment impact tests against a target, is disclosed. The test specimen comprises two or more fragments fixed to one or more connecting members so that the fragments are held at a fixed ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6805058 | Sabot for fin-stabilized ammunition The invention relates to a sabot for fin-stabilized ammunition composed of segments assembled around a sub-calibrated penetrator. The sabot is characterized in that it includes at least three longitudinal bars of a substantially constant width, each having indentati... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6799519 | Sabot for a bullet A plastic, cup-shaped, multi-petal sabot housing a sub-caliber projectile for use such as in shotgun cartridges. The sabot engages the rifling of the shotgun barrel and transfers the spin to the projectile. A reinforcement disk is advantageously at least partially e... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6647890 | Self-contained round having ring airfoil projectile and launcher therefor A self-contained round of ammunition has a cartridge casing including a tubular body defining a cylindrical rifled bore and a base threadably attached to the casing body and forming a closure for a breech end of the rifled bore. A sabot which carries a ri... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6598536 | Munitions with shattering penetrator cartridge case A sabot projectile (10), comprising a sabot (12) and a shattering penetrator (14) arranged in the sabot (12). The shattering penetrator (14) has a penetrator casing (20), which can be broken into at least two casing portions (22*, 24*) upon impact of the ... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6125764 | Simplified tailored composite architecture A simplified tailored composite architecture for use in fabricating a composite sabot where the composite sabots are fabricated from a number of wedge kits. The resultant composite sabot includes a front scoop having a scoop angle. The simplified tailored... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6105506 | Sabot slug for shotgun A sabot bullet having a jacket bullet body and a nonrotable sabot segments. The jacketed bullet has forward end portion, torso, and rear end portion. The forward end portion is constructed of multi-metals, having a tapered nose, hollow point with grooves ... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5992291 | Variable velocity weapons having selective lethality and methods related thereto The present invention relates to weapon systems that accelerate projectiles using gases generated by the rapid combustion of a solid propellant, in particular, such a weapon system is able to vary the barrel exiting velocity of the projectile through a ba... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5834682 | Radar signal cartridge A 12-gauge emergency radar rescue signal cartridge comprises bundles of high density chaff tuned to I-Band frequencies of 8-10 GHz and packaged in a projectile housed within a 12-gauge 3.0-3.5 inch magnum shot shell. The projectile is deployed ... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5744748 | Kinetic energy projectile with fin leading edge protection mechanisms A projectile includes a mechanism which allows the fin position to be reved after the projectile leaves the launch tube thus allowing the fins to have reversed leading edges, which avoids the costly weight of the one-piece design in the prior art, which ... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5668347 | Kinetic energy projectile with fin leading edge protection mechanisms A projectile includes a mechanism which allows the fin position to be reved after the projectile leaves the launch tube thus allowing the fins to have reversed leading edges, which avoids the costly weight of the one-piece design in the prior art, which ... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5481981 | Sabot for a subcaliber projectile A sabot for a subcaliber projectile, preferably an arrow projectile, having an essentially cylindrical guide gage (8) of a lightweight material and a tail-side drive element (14) detachably connected thereto for tail-side support of the projectile body (1... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5404816 | Releasable sabot for a subcaliber projectile A releasable sabot for a subcaliber projectile. A relatively large danger zone exists for troops in which they can be injured by sabot splinters during the firing of subcaliber projectiles, with the releasable sabots, from a helically grooved weapon barre... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5277096 | Extended charge cartridge assembly A cartridge assembly for propelling a subcaliber penetrator through a gun tube which has a portion of the propellant charge contained in an annular cavity surrounding the sabot is disclosed. The annular cavity is defined by the scoop shaped front bourrele... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5221809 | Non-lethal weapons system The invention relates to a non-lethal projectile of small mass for military or police use adapted to be fired from a standard launcher which projectile either increases in size during flight or at impact to spread the force over a large area to provide a ... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5182419 | Saboted projectile A saboted projectile comprises a sub-caliber, spin-stabilized warhead (usually an armor-piercing penetrator) and a full caliber spin-stabilized non-disintegrating sabot capable of being fired by airplanes. The sabot releasably receives the armor-piercing ... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5180883 | Ammunition To improve the combustion behavior of a two-part large-caliber ammunition round (10) composed of a primary charge (20) and a projectile charge (30), an annular transfer charge (29) is provided in the primary charge (20) underneath a charge casing cover (2... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5133242 | Electromagnetic rail accelerator arrangement An electromagnetic rail accelerator in which a plurality of plasma arc cushions are generated between a plurality of pairs of rails in order to accelerate projectiles. To prevent currents of different intensities from flowing through the individual plasma... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5103736 | Sabot bullet A sabot is provided which is composed of a plurality of sabot segments which engage and form a shell surrounding a bullet of improved configuration. The inner surface of each sabot segment matches and is complimentary to the adjacent outer surface portion... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5052305 | Subcaliber projectile including a core, a sabot and a sleeve The technical field of the invention is that of spin-stabilized subcaliber rojectiles including a core integral with a sabot, and a sleeve. The sleeve includes a rear annular area lodged in a corresponding groove in the sabot and providing gastightness, wherein... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5014624 | Discarding sabots A sabot for use with a spin stabilized projectile comprises a closed front end portion having lines or strips of weakness running along sides of the sabot which meet at a front end surface of the sabot, thereby providing a continuously extending line or r... | 05/14/1991 |
| 5012744 | Sabot bullet A sabot bullet having a bullet body with an improved configuration in the area at which the two conical parts of the bullet body are joined. A connecting part is provided between the parts which extend longitudinally of the bullet body and is integral wit... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4982647 | Method and apparatus for initating stable operation of a ram accelerator A method and apparatus for supersonically accelerating a projectile in a thermally choked subsonic combustion mode. A projectile (50) is initially preaccelerated using either a tank (24) of compressed helium or a chemical propellant charge preaccelerator ... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4982669 | Subcaliber discarding sabot projectile A subcaliber, spin stabilized, discarding sabot projectile of the type including a projectile body, with a conically tapered tip, and a discardable sabot which completely encloses said projectile body and includes a base portion and a plastic hood portion... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4901646 | Fin-stabilized subcaliber projectile The invention concerns a fin-stabilized discarding sabot projectile for employment from a rifled barrel and is particularly suitable for automatic cannons having calibers from 12.7 to 70 millimeters. The full rate of spin commensurate with the rifling twi... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4882997 | Tubular projectiles A tubular projectile suitable for use in training ammunition comprises a hollow tube having formed in the rear end of the tubular wall thereof a recess in which is embedded a tracer material. The projectile may be sabot launched. Constructions are described fo... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4860661 | Saboted projectile with propellant cage A sabot projectile with a propulsion mechanism for utilization in a liner for a barreled firing apparatus. In the projectile, the propellent cage for a projectile with a propulsion mechanism includes hinge-like segments articulated forwardly in the firing... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4846072 | Connection arrangement between a sabot jacket and the rear portion of a sabot projectile Increasingly greater requirements as concerns mechanical strength and gas tightness are placed upon the connection between the sabot tail or rear portion and the sabot jacket of a sabot projectile. To improve such connection the invention contemplates sub... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4841863 | Saboted, light armour penetrator round with improved powder mix This invention relates to a saboted, light armour penetrating small caliber ammunition round.... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4841867 | Discarding sabot projectile A discarding sabot projectile comprises: a subcaliber projectile; a discarding sabot means for providing a full caliber carrier for the projectile; a discarding sabot base abutting a rearwardly facing surface of the aft end of the projectile, which base is fre... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4838168 | Ultraviolet cured gas seal for discarding sabot projectile A method of forming a gas seal without molds is provided by the use of a chemically modified silicon rubber that is rapidly polymerized upon exposure to ultraviolet radiation. The aft end of the sabot is coated with the rubber compound using spraying or f... | 06/13/1989 |
