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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7197986 | Composite steel and ceramic gun barrels A method for lubricating gun barrel bores comprises burnishing dry lubricating ceramic particulate into the metal surface of the bore such that the particles of particulate substantially fill grain boundaries in the metal. The burnishing of the particulate may be do... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7152357 | Composite firearm barrel assemblies A firearm barrel includes an elongate metal insert member and a rigid sleeve surrounding the insert member along a majority of the length of the insert member. A casing is formed around at least a portion of the sleeve, preferably by injection molding. Breech and mu... | 12/26/2006 |
| 6931776 | Apparatus for the section-wise autofrettage of gun barrels An apparatus for the section-wise autofrettage of gun barrels (22) by a hydraulic pressure generated inside the barrel. The apparatus (1, 1′, 1″) comprises a mandrel-shaped insert (2, 2′, 2″) inserted into the barrel (22) from the... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6810615 | Method for gun barrel manufacture using tailored autofrettage mandrels A method of manufacturing a monobloc gun barrel by calculating an optimal residual stress profile and then applying tailored autofrettage mandrels which are mechanically pressed down the bore of a large caliber barrel, the mandrel size optimized to create a residual... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6594936 | Method for lining a gun barrel A method for lining a gun barrel with a material selected to reduce the rate of erosion and corrosion from the rounds of ammunition fired through it includes the steps of forming a rod of the lining material, hammer -forging a barrel blank to the rod, and... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6230429 | Composite tube for gun barrel A composite tube for a gun barrel consists of: an inner tubular metal liner defining a longitudinal bore axis; a resin matrix material surrounding the liner, the resin matrix material containing a plurality of elongate carbon fibers, the carbon fibers bei... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6158158 | Method of frictionally bonding a liner to an outer tube of a weapon barrel A method of frictionally bonding a liner to a length portion of an outer tube of a weapon barrel includes the following steps: Cooling the liner to a temperature of less than -50° C.; heating the length portion of the outer tube to a temperature such tha... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6142057 | Tubular weapon A tubular weapon with a weapon tube (1) guided inside a cradle tube (2) which is mounted stationary in axial direction. In order to provide such a tubular weapon with a cooling system (12) between the weapon tube and the cradle tube (1, 2) and to avoid th... | 11/07/2000 |
| 5837921 | Gun barrel with integral midwall cooling A composite gun barrel 10 with active cooling having a breech end and a dharge end. The barrel includes an outer jacket 11 having radially inwardly projecting ports 15 proximate the breech end 25 extending inwardly from the outer diameter of the jacket, ... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5600912 | Composite tube for a gun barrel A composite tube for a gun barrel and a method for making the tube are disclosed. The tube includes a plurality of elongate carbon fibers and a resin material surrounding a longitudinal bore axis. The elongate carbon fibers are aligned parallel with the l... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5337504 | Gun tube The present invention relates to a gun tube having a spin curve with a variable spin angle as well as a rifling force R(x) over the path of the projectile (x) through the gun tube when a projectile is fired, as well as a predetermined caliber d, projectil... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5177990 | Autofrettage device for tubes An autofrettage device for a tube includes thrust bearings for receiving opposite ends of the tube. A mandrel is introducible into the tube and includes a sealing arrangement for sealing an annular gap between the mandrel and an inner wall of the tube aga... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5160802 | Prestressed composite gun tube A composite gun tube having a liner prestressed in compression by a surroing cylinder formed of an appropriate Nitinol alloy. A first alternative construction utilizes Nitinol in filamentary form wrapped around the liner. A second alternative constructio... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5077926 | Gun barrel equipped with optimized rifling In order to improve the service life of prior art gun tubes and to improve the ballistics of a projectile fired through them, the present invention provides a gun tube with an optimized variable rifling which produces a rifling force curve (R(x)) along th... | 01/07/1992 |
| 4846911 | Preloaded composite electromagnetic barrel and process for fabricating same A composite electromagnetic barrel is preloaded to minimize rail separation by jacking the rails radially outwardly away from each other and wedging a pair of insulating members between the rails to retain the preload. The jacking force is then released.... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4571969 | Autofrettage process An autofrettage process which relates to the autofrettage of thick-walled cylinders through the cyclical application of high pressure to the internal bore of the cylinder. The invention encompasses the autofrettage of cylindrical members in cyclical press... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4417459 | Autofrettage process An autofrettage process which relates to the autofrettage of thick-walled cylinders through the cyclical application of high pressure to the internal bore of the cylinder. The invention encompasses the autofrettage of cylindrical members in cyclical press... | 11/29/1983 |
