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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7934456 | Sabot projectile A sabot projectile with a subcaliber penetrator and a sabot, which has a propulsion element that acts on the rear end of the penetrator, a segmented, essentially cylindrical guide cage, which is connected to the front end of the propulsion element, and a segmented, ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7455015 | Special purpose small arms ammunition A multi-piece projectile for a small arms cartridge includes a metal cup that has a bore, a plastic sheath having a through hole and a high-density core. The cup is a cylindrical metal structure having a bore. The sheath is a cylindrical end and a conical end and a ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7451706 | Short magnum shotshell cartridge and firing assembly A sabot-retaining shotshell cartridge and firing assembly including a barrel or barrel insert for firing the sabot-retaining shotshell cartridge. The shotshell cartridge includes a cylindrical hull, a sub-caliber projectile, a propellant charge, and a sabot. A centr... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7444942 | Saboted projectile with external ridges and/or internal locking edge for muzzleloading firearms The present invention is a saboted projectile with external ridges and/or an internal locking edge for muzzleloading firearms. Also, the present invention is a sabot with the ridges and/or locking edge for receiving a muzzleloading projectile. The sabot has a forwar... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7377204 | Safer munitions with enhanced velocity An apparatus and process for providing exceptionally high velocity projectiles and safer, more accurate munitions. Inefficiencies in explosive oxidation rates and initial resistance to velocity acquisition are overcome. ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7322297 | Cannelured frangible projectile and method of canneluring a frangible projectile A method of canneluring a frangible projectile includes the steps of rotating the projectile at a high speed, and cutting the cannelure into the projectile to form a frangible cannelured projectile. To ensure that the body is not damaged during cutting, the cutting ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7314006 | Nonlethal canister tank round A nonlethal canister tank round comprising a cartridge having a combustible case and containing propellant; a canister projectile attached to the cartridge, the canister projectile being generally cylindrical, comprising high density polyurethane foam and including ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7299733 | Bullet with spherical nose portion A bullet includes a frontward facing aperture. Contained within the aperture is a relatively hard bullet frontal element that provides advantageous bullet impact performance. In one embodiment, the frontal element is a steel sphere that provides advantageous penetra... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7243603 | Shot pattern control wad structure for shotshell A shot pattern control wad structure for use in a cartridge for shotgun wherein the cartridge includes a case having a tubular outer wall and a wad structure located in the case between gunpowder and a charge of pellets. The wad structure of the present invention is... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240601 | Projectile and method for sealing a projectile in a barrel A barrel assembly for a weapon, said barrel assembly including a barrel; a plurality of projectile assemblies axially disposed in end to end abutting relationship within said barrel for operative sealing engagement with the bore of the barrel, each projectile includ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7204191 | Lead free, composite polymer based bullet and method of manufacturing A lead-free, composite polymer based bullet and cartridge case and methods of manufacturing the same, wherein the composite polymer material includes a tungsten metal powder, nylon 6/6, nylon 6, short glass fibers, as well as additives and stabilizers. The cartridge... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201104 | Lead attached sabot slug A sabot and a firearm round for a firearm. The sabot includes a compression section defining a payload receiving chamber. The payload chamber receives a slug to form the firearm round. Additionally, the sabot includes a solid section connected to the compression sec... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7178462 | Projectile with members that deploy upon impact A projectile includes members that deploy upon impact with a target. The projectile includes a nose piece with a portion that shears off upon impact with the target, causing the nose piece to be pushed inside the projectile. As the nose piece is pushed inside the pr... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7150235 | Anti-armor multipurpose and chemical energy projectiles An anti-armor projectile has a tail fin boom having an inner hollow area. A warhead made of high density materials is disposed in the hollow area to serve as a kinetic-energy penetrator that is released upon impact to increase the lethality of the anti-armor project... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7137218 | Muzzle load assembly A muzzle load assembly includes a flexible sleeve that has a first end, a second end and a peripheral wall extending between the first and second ends. The first end is open. A bullet is positioned within the sleeve. A plurality of powder charges is attached to the ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7059234 | Ammunition articles and method of making ammunition articles A method of manufacturing an ammunition article, includes forming a projectile of an ammunition article at a first station of an apparatus, transporting the projectile within the apparatus to a second station of the apparatus, and injection molding at the second sta... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7036434 | Kinetic energy projectile with in-flight extended length A length of a rod of an axial kinetic energy projectile is increased as the projectile flies to the target. The projectile includes a nose, a rear, and a base rod. The base rod has a forward member, a rearward member, and a connection between the forward member and ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6966265 | Unit of ammunition with one or more warhead casings An ammunition device (4) comprising one or more warhead effect jackets (17), each jacket containing warhead effect elements (18). The ammunition device also incorporates one or more explosive compositions arranged inside each warhead effect jack... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6964232 | Bullet with spherical nose portion A bullet includes a frontward facing aperture. Contained within the aperture is a relatively hard bullet frontal element that provides advantageous bullet impact performance. In one embodiment, the frontal element is a steel sphere that provides advantageous penetra... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6829997 | Skeletonized sabot An improved sabot for small arms is discussed. Incorporating the biomechanical internal skeletal features of vertebrates allows improved sabot support, combined with improved sabot flexibility, to improve projectile launching performance. The present invention is co... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6814006 | Sub-calibre projectile and method of making such a projectile The present invention relates to a composed projectile for subcalibre projectile comprising a sabot, a projectile and a driving speculum, whereby said composed projectile comprises a projectile made of a metal material, preferably having a high density, and that the... | 11/09/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6763765 | Break-away gas check for muzzle-loading firearms A gas check member for use in muzzle-loading firearms is provided. The invented gas check is designed to conveniently, frictionally attach rearward of a sub-caliber bullet to maximize the efficiency of such firearms. The diameter of the gas check preferably exceeds ... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6701848 | Anti-personnel canister An anti-personnel canister includes a generally cylindrical container having side walls, the side walls defining an enclosure with a generally concave surface at one end and an opening at another end; the side walls having an outer surface, the outer surf... | 03/09/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6564720 | 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 ... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6502516 | Sabot shotgun slug assembly A projectile in the form of a sabot shotgun slug assembly includes a cylindrical slug, a cylindrical sabot positioned about the slug and a pressure wad co-acting with the slug and the sabot. The cylindrical slug defines a central bore extending partially ... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6481356 | Bullet setting out mechanism for hunting cartridges A cartridge including a cartridge case for hunting cartridges including a plastic sole body with a first sector forming a wad having an upper damping formed by two parallel cylindrical bodies acting with a balancing effect on a first plate with motion to ... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6405628 | Method and apparatus for penetrating hard materials A method and apparatus for drilling and penetrating hard materials utilizes a high velocity gun system that fires multiple shots of a projectile and an energetic slurry at the surface of the material to be penetrated. The penetrating device includes one o... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6367387 | Low-calibre shot gun bullet, especially for shot guns with a partially or fully distended barrel The present invention relates to an under-calibered gun-barrel bullet, in particular for guns with a partially or fully rifled barrel, which is received by a thrust cage. The task of the present invention is providing a further such gun-barrel bullet. Thi... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6186071 | Projectile with non-discarding sabot A projectile includes a core having a substantially conical head extending from a tip to an outwardly projecting annular lip. A substantially cylindrical body projects from the conical head adjacent to the annular lip and extends to a substantially flat t... | 02/13/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6073560 | Sabot The present invention relates generally to a one-piece sabot for holding a sub-caliber projectile. For use in muzzle loading and other firearms, the sabot includes a plurality of petals which, in one embodiment, encapsulate the projectile. The petals have... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6067909 | Sabot pressure wad A sabot pressure wad has a unitary sabot portion and an integrally formed pressure wad portion. The sabot portion has a payload receiving compartment which may receive a payload, such as a cylindrical slug, with an interference fit. The pressure wad porti... | 05/30/2000 |
