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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8161883 | Flash-bang grenade with greater flash intensity A safer flash-bang grenade that yields the state of the art sound intensity, plus a brighter, more intense flash of the order of 13.5 million candela—which effect is due to a combination of a particularly efficacious pyrotechnic formulation and a particular reacti... | 04/24/2012 |
| 7565866 | Paintball grenade A paintball grenade is disclosed. An illustrative embodiment of the paintball grenade includes a cage, a discharge housing carried by the cage, a vinegar syringe having a discharge tip carried by the discharge housing, a spoon pivotally carried by the discharge hous... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7412929 | Diversionary device A diversion device capable of generating a disorientating flash and a disorientating sound without an explosion has a housing with a cavity containing an inert gas, a piston and a powder. The powder creates the flash via ignition after exiting the device. The device... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7354271 | Training grenade A training grenade having reversed threading connecting the fuze assembly and the housing. A tubular interior of the fuze assembly contains a two part fuze charge being five times the size of the fuze charge in a live grenade. The two part fuze charge consists of a ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7322296 | Training grenade A training grenade includes a main body, a cartridge chamber removably connected to the main body, a firing pin mechanism for actuating the cartridge and a toggle for operating the firing pin mechanism, the toggle being contained within the main body. ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7275486 | Hand grenade simulating device A hand grenade simulating device includes a first shell filled with a marking filler, a second shell disposed in the first shell for receiving a percussion-triggered charge, a striking member which is remote from the charge in a ready position and which is movable t... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7197983 | Mechano-electrical fuse for a hand grenade A mechano-electrical fuse (10) for a hand grenade (76), which has a spring element for the storage of mechanical energy and which has a drive device connected to the spring element for driving an electrical generator (28) through mechanical ener... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7191707 | Spherical rolling explosive ordinance The spherical rolling explosive ordnance is a bomb having a substantially spherical shaped structure that includes a hard outer shell and a shock absorbing outer layer. The spherical shaped structure has a hollow inner core that is symmetrically disposed about an ax... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7089862 | Water pod A water pod for assisting a user in extinguishing forest fires includes a hollow shell constructed with a biodegradable plastic that ruptures upon impact when dropped from an aircraft. The shell includes a fill port allowing it to be filled with water or another fla... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7083414 | Explosion simulation device An explosion simulation device comprising an elongated body formed with a hollow chamber, the body being formed with end apertures at opposite ends thereof and a plurality of radially-directed side apertures along an axial length thereof, the end apertures and side ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7040236 | Environmentally-friendly training hand grenade and manufacturing method of the same Disclosed is an environmentally-friendly training hand grenade and a method of manufacturing the same. The training hand grenade is advantageous in that it is not necessary to recover fragments, generated by the explosion of the training hand grenade after use, beca... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6968785 | Locking and stabilizing device for grenades The locking and stabilizing device for grenades utilizes a solid nylon ring and multiple nylon ribbons that are attached to the ring at regular intervals around its circumference. During storage, the ring surrounds and locks the slider of the grenade in its storage ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6792868 | Lock for igniter plug lever The invention concerns an igniter plug for a pyrotechnic device, in particular a hand-launch or mechanical launch grenade, comprising a body (104) provided with a control mechanism including a fly-off lever (101) and a percussion mechanism (128)... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6761117 | Tactical reconnaissance and ordnance system With typical ordnance systems, for example, grenades, a user must decide to explode the ordnance before the actual device is thrown. However, in many situations, it can be useful to be able to throw an ordnance system and make a decision to explode the device after ... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6668727 | Explosively driven impactor grenade An explosively driven impactor grenade includes a grenade body having a substantially spherical shape and a hollow central portion, the grenade body including a plurality of recesses formed on an external surface thereof with each recess including an open... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6595139 | Irritating body The invention relates to an irritating body consisting of several compartments (6) which are substantially parallel to the central axis of the container (4) and which receive effect charges (8). All the compartments (6) are closed on the upper part of the... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6543364 | Less lethal multi-sensory distraction grenade A launchable, multi-sensory distraction grenade including a base, three outer grenade walls arranged together on the base to pivotally move from a first position, to a second position, extending outward laterally from the base in different directions, to ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6474240 | Device and process to attach a priming system to the body of a grenade A system for attaching a priming system onto the body of a grenade, including a support integrally fastened to the grenade body and incorporating a thin cylindrical wall whose upper edge is crimped onto the priming system.... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6408765 | Door breaching device with safety adapter A breaching device for controlled blasting of an object at short range includes a blasting element including an explosive charge contained within a housing, the blasting element being configured to blast the object from a preset distance. Connected to, an... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6349650 | Launchable flameless expulsion grenade A tear gas grenade having a pressurized CO2 container oriented with a top in the trajectory direction to a target area and in facing relation to a top-piercing component across a clearance of a tracking compartment therebetween, in the operatio... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6227095 | Insensitive munition booster seal Migration of Di-Octyl Adipate (DOA) from PBXN-9 main charge into an adjacent PBXN-5 booster charge is the leading cause for unreliable and inefficient detonations when these two insensitive munition explosives are in close proximity. A hermetic seal of me... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6065404 | Training grenade for multiple integrated laser engagement system A re-usable simulated grenade is provided that may be utilized by soldiers training with a multiple integrated laser engagement system (MILES). The simulated grenade includes a central core having a blast chamber that contains a non-lethal quantity of an ... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5996503 | Reusable gas-powered hand grenade A reusable gas-powered hand grenade is provided. A hand-held housing defi one or more launch tubes. A projectile is loaded in each launch tube with an obturator being positioned therein between the projectile and the launch tube's muzzle end. A sealed re... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5886288 | Hand grenade safety pin A hand grenade safety pin with attached pull ring which is installed with a rotative degree of movement and in one directional rotative traverse the pull ring clears a blocking arm so that the grenade can be detonated and, if circumstances warrant, an opp... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5824945 | Distraction device A distraction device having a fuse assembly and a body which body has a sealed storage area for energetic pyrotechnic material. The device when operated produces noise and light without ejecta or forces of propulsion.... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5700971 | Rapid-release smoke hand grenade A rapid-release smoke hand grenade comprising a manually actuatable igniter head (A) and an active mass member (B), wherein the striker located on the igniter head to initiate the chain of pyrotechnical activity is loaded by means of a safety clip so as t... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5659147 | Method of assembly of compacted fibers and explosive charge for effective dissemination A millimeter wave screening cloud-forming product is made by forming comped hollow disks of carbon fiber cut to a desired length. The handleable disks are stacked inside a grenade body forming a hollow cylindrical shape. A high explosive mass is inserted... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5654523 | Stun grenade A stun grenade (10) for generating an explosion accompanied by light and/or blaring sound is disclosed. The stun grenade comprises a housing (12) having a body (14), a base (24) and a cover (34) defining an interior cavity (18) housing a cartridge (22) co... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5354225 | Toy water grenade A housing is arranged to include a fluid chamber, with the fluid chamber arranged with a surrounding pneumatic chamber. A piston member is arranged for sliding displacement along the reservoir chamber upon removal of a release pin, such that upon the pist... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5153371 | Ribbon stabilizer for a weapon A weapon arranged to travel in a given orientation when in flight, has a body and a ribbon. The body has a payload casing and a spindle rotatably mounted at the rear of the payload casing. The ribbon is formed into a flexible loop for trailing behind the ... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5107766 | Follow-thru grenade for military operations in urban terrain (MOUT) A follow-thru grenade for military operations in urban terrain uses a microsecond delay fuzed warhead to breach a target will to allow a deflector protected anti-personnel millisecond delay fuzed grenade to proceed through the wall breach to attach enemy ... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5074217 | Multiple use grenade Multiple use grenade, characterized in that it principally consists in the combination of a telescopic grenade (2) of a type in itself know, for example a grenade capable of being launched with the assistance of a rifle, and a fuse-plug (1) for a hand gre... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5074218 | Grenade with dual fuses for simulating small arms fire A grenade with dual fuses for simulating small arms fire comprises: a hollow cylindrical housing including a first threaded end and a second open end; a main filler charge being located within the housing proper; means for covering the end of the main fil... | 12/24/1991 |
| 4969397 | Grenade-type projectile A grenade projectile has a projectile housing having a fragmentation length portion; an explosive charge accommodated in the projectile housing and being surrounded by the fragmentation length portion; a forwardly acting shaped charge liner bounding the e... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4942820 | Fragmentation device A fragmentation device includes a core of munitions in the form of a sphere. The sphere of munitions is surrounded by a spherical outer shell of a rubberized material. Further provide is a fuze at the surface of the internal rubberized material which is a... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4932329 | Simulated hand grenade with marking means A simulated hand grenade has a lightweight frangible outer shell of STYROFOAM (trademark), a small charge within the shell, fuse means for delayed detonation of the charge, and ignition means for activating the fuse means. In the preferred embodiment, the... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4932328 | Reloadable stun grenade Stun grenade includes a steel housing having a steel tubular body with steel end members brazed to the ends of the tubular body, and a brass collar member threadably received in a threaded central opening in one of the end members for supporting an explos... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4903604 | Ignition transfer medium An ignition transfer medium for interconnecting the ignition and pyrotechnic stages of a pyrotechnic device comprises activated fibrous carbon, such as activated charcoal cloth, on which an inorganic oxidizer and possibly other substances have been deposi... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4846070 | Telescopic grenade Telescopic grenade, characterized in that it features means (29-35) that ensure safety in the transport/storage position and means (22-19-20-21-29) that determine, under the effect of the propellent gasses, a relative transfer between the component parts ... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4817532 | Fragmentation shell for grenades, particularly hand grenades Fragmentation shell for grenades, particularly hand-grenades, consisting of a hollow body, the wall of which is made of metal particles embedded in plastic and which has a form stretched out of the spherical, e.g. an egg-shaped. The wall of the fragmentat... | 04/04/1989 |
