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Class 102/497 - With explosive


Subclass of Class 102 - Ammunition and explosives
Definition: Subject matter wherein the embedded fragments are placed
No. of patents: 24
Last issue date: 05/18/2010


NumberTitleIssue Date
7717042Wide area dispersal warhead
A wide area dispersal warhead including a housing defining a cavity, an explosive charge in the housing, and a large plurality of individual munitions in the cavity of the housing about the explosive charge. The explosive charge is configured to deploy the munitions...
05/18/2010
7624683Kinetic energy rod warhead with projectile spacing
A kinetic energy rod warhead bay configuration includes a plurality of bays. Each bay includes a plurality of rods, an explosive for deploying the rods, and a detonator for detonating the explosive. One bay is structured and arranged as a first bay. One bay is struc...
12/01/2009
7624682Kinetic energy rod warhead with lower deployment angles
A kinetic energy rod warhead includes a projectile core which includes a plurality of individual projectiles, an explosive charge about the core, at least one detonator for the explosive charge, and an explosive sheet on each end of the projectile core. ...
12/01/2009
7621222Kinetic energy rod warhead with lower deployment angles
A kinetic energy rod warhead includes a projectile core which includes a plurality of projectiles and an explosive charge about the core. There is at least one detonator for the explosive charge, and at least one wave shaper in the explosive charge or between the ex...
11/24/2009
7261039Artillery Rocket Kinetic Energy Rod Warhead
A KE rod warhead for artillery rockets contains a multiplicity of KE rod penetrators housed in trays and packaged into bays or tier packs that are stacked and positioned around a center column of the warhead. The warhead has a skin which is severed upon the rocket e...
08/28/2007
7233859Method and device for planning a trajectory
The present invention relates to planning of a trajectory for minimum threat exposure in a given geographical region. A trajectory is planned from a start node to a final node in a digital representation of the geographical region. The threat exposure for a vehicle ...
06/19/2007
7040235Kinetic energy rod warhead with isotropic firing of the projectiles
A kinetic energy rod warhead including a plurality of sections each enclosing a plurality of projectile and an explosive charge partially surrounding the projectiles defining a primary projectile firing direction. The firing direction of each section is different fo...
05/09/2006
6931994Tandem 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
6920827Vehicle-borne system and method for countering an incoming threat
A vehicle-borne system for countering an incoming threat, the system including a sensing device configured to sense an incoming threat, and an active protection system including a maneuverable interceptor incorporating a plurality of kinetic energy rods and an aimab...
07/26/2005
6910423Kinetic energy rod warhead with lower deployment angles
A kinetic energy rod warhead including a projectile core including a plurality of individual projectiles, an explosive charge about the core, at least one detonator for the explosive charge, and structure for reducing the deployment angles of the projectiles when th...
06/28/2005
6895864Subcalibre kinetic energy projectile
The present invention relates to a segmented subcaliber projectile (1) subdivisible into a number of separate segments contiguous with each other at least initially to form an integral projectile of united segments or submunitions (5). The advantage wi...
05/24/2005
6598534Warhead with aligned projectiles
A kinetic energy rod warhead with aligned projectiles includes a projectile core in a hull including a plurality of individual projectiles and an explosive charge in the hull about the core. The individual projectiles are aligned when the explosive charge...
07/29/2003
6536351Warhead
A warhead (1) having a warhead casing (2) that encloses an explosive charge (5). To ensure that, during the detonation of the explosive charge (5), the warhead (1) effects a rapid acceleration of the fragments flying in the flight direction, and a lesser ...
03/25/2003
6484642Fragmentation warhead
Fragmentation body for fragmentation projectiles and warheads, including an integral fragmentation shell structure made of cast metal, and the shell structure has an outer wall surface and an inner wall surface separated by a thickness of the shell, where...
11/26/2002
6318268Demolishing apparatus using discharge impulse
An apparatus which is constituted to supply electrical energy to a melting and vaporizing material (for example metal wire 6) so as to cause the melting and vaporizing material to melt and vaporize, thereby demolishing an object to be demolished (such as ...
11/20/2001
6272995High precision fuze for a munition
A high precision electro-mechanical fuze mechanism for a munition such as a hand grenade. The fuze mechanism includes an electromagnetic signal generator having an armature, a permanent magnet, a coil and a magnetic impulse generator (MIG) member. The arm...
08/14/2001
5115707Method for series production of axially symmetrical ammunition bodies as well as ammunition bodies produced according to this method
An outer jacket (14), an inner jacket (15) and an explosive charge (16) are ach independently manufactured on one of three parallel production lines (1, 2, 3) and assembled on a contiguous assembly line (4). The jackets (14 and 15) are designed to have a s...
05/26/1992
4739709Lightweight detonation wave barrier
A detonation wave barrier for disposition between adjacent segments of warhead explosive including first and second layers of high shock impedance material and a third layer of low shock impedance material between the first and second layers....
04/26/1988
4648323Fragmentation munition
A warhead assembly having an explosive core and a surrounding annular package with several circumferential rows of different sized preformed fragments or rods. In each of one or more row, the fragments are alternately inverted keystone shapes arranged in ...
03/10/1987
4592283Explosive shell case
An explosive shell case of the kind in which fragments are produced by bursting of the case material into a number of small particles. The case material comprises a completely dense, non-compressible material which is made with embrittling zones (4) which...
06/03/1986
4495869Fuzeless annular wing projectile
A fuzeless annular wing projectile composed of a tubular projectile body having essentially smooth interior and exterior cylindrical faces extending in the longitudinal direction of the body, and a guide band mounted on the body with the body being formed...
01/29/1985
4365560Fin-stabilized projectile
The fin-stabilized projectile has an ogival projectile body having a nose portion and a base portion joined to a tail tube having a finned tailed unit. The nose and base portions are fixedly secured to respective ends of an internal connecting tube. The t...
12/28/1982
4063508Munition dispersion by interstitial propelling charges
This invention involves a means for dispersing submunitions from a cluster weapons system by utilizing a foamed propellant dispersion concept. The concept provides for the forced dispersion of clustered submunitions by high pressure gases generated rapidl...
12/20/1977
3949674Operation of fragment core warhead
A cylindrical warhead having a central core of fragments and a radially sented burst charge encompassing the fragment core. A plurality of separation charges are disposed between the burst charge segments and function to remove without detonating the cha...
04/13/1976
 
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