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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7047887 | Hand grenade An airburst hand grenade constructed so as to jump 1–2 m above the ground before detonating. The hand grenade includes a detonator, a warhead, and support legs for raising the hand grenade from a horizontal position to an upright position once it has landed after ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6952995 | Apparatus and method for passive venting of rocket motor or ordnance case Passive venting apparatus and method for a rocket motor or ordnance device containing propellant or explosive material enclosed in a case, which presents an explosion hazard when subjected to external heat. A combustible strip is secured to the exterior surface of t... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6845715 | Explosion simulator An explosion simulator including a chamber at least partially filled with a pyrotechnic material, the chamber being formed with a plurality of holes arranged for fluid products of an explosion of the pyrotechnic material to pass therethrough, and a delaying detonato... | 01/25/2005 |
| 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 |
| 5866841 | Fragmentation grenade A fragmentation grenade comprises a quantity of high explosive (11) contained within a casing (12, 13) and means (29) for detonating the high explosive (11) so as to cause the casing (12, 13) to disintegrate into a plurality of high velocity fragments (13... | 02/02/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5355803 | Igniter plug Delay igniter plug for pyrotechnic machine, in particular manual or mechanical launch grenade, comprising a body (4) fitted with a control mechanism comprising a trigger lever (1) and a percussion mechanism (28) interacting with a primary pyrotechnic modu... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5196649 | Safety fuze for a hand grenade A safety fuze for a hand grenade comprises a fuze body, a delay case assembly, an initiator lever assembly, and a cover assembly. The fuze body has a head, a stem, and a central portion, and a bore extending longitudinally therethrough. The delay case ass... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5085147 | Distraction device A stun grenade includes a tubular housing to slidably receive a munitions canister. A cup-shaped end cap closes one end of the housing and frictionally engages an outer wax-coated surface of the housing adjacent the end. At the other end a fuze retention ... | 02/04/1992 |
| 4926752 | Safety fuze for a hand grenade A safety fuze for a hand grenade comprises a fuze body, a delay case assembly, a detonator assembly, an initiator lever assembly, a cover assembly, and a pull ring assembly. The fuze body has a head, a stem, and a central portion, and a bore extending lon... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4926750 | Safety locking pull ring A safety, locking, pull ring for a munition which must be deformed and simultaneously rotated from a protecting locking recess and which must then be rotated 180 degrees from the recessed position in order to free one end of a pivotably attached bar. The ... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4328755 | Hand grenade with wave-forming means between chambers A hand grenade whose interior is divided into two chambers receiving the explosive charge, said chambers being superjacently arranged and open in respect of each other, whereby the detonation wave originating from the detonator in the lower of said two ch... | 05/11/1982 |
