190results about "Cartridge ammunition" patented technology

A sabot assembly includes a housing defining an interior space and a plurality of projectiles and received in the interior space. The interior space is at least partially defined by a plurality of concavities, each of which is configured to receive a respective projectile. The housing is configured to separate and fall away once the sabot assembly is fired through a gun barrel, thereby releasing the projectiles from the interior space toward a target prior to impact of the sabot assembly with the target.

A communications interconnect between the countermeasure controller of a countermeasure system and the dispenser containing the countermeasure payloads therein. Additionally, the present disclosure provides a power connection between the countermeasure controller and the countermeasure dispenser to deliver power to the countermeasure payloads, including smart payloads, utilizing existing vehicle wiring harnesses and wiring kits.

A countermeasure includes a cartridge case. There is an impulse cartridge (IC) cup on the cartridge case. There is a deployable payload within the cartridge case, where the deployable payload is adapted to be deployed and expelled from the cartridge case. A battery is on the deployable payload, wherein the battery is enabled to power a component on the deployable payload in response to an impulse cartridge being connected with the IC cup and the battery is disabled in response to the impulse cartridge being disconnected from the IC cup.

The present invention pertains to the field of the arms industry and metallurgy, and also to the fields of materials engineering and chemical engineering. More specifically, the present invention refers to a novel ammunition cartridge comprising reinforced polymer and the manufacturing process thereof. The ammunition cartridge serves for receiving the gunpowder so that explosions can occur inside the weapon barrel. The technology proposed reduces the quantity of components to be pre-manufactured and assembly processes on the product, producing a full cartridge, directly upon injecting the thermoplastic, and can also use bi-component injection. With this, the portion of the collar ring can be made entirely of fiber-reinforced polymer material, which reduces the weight of the item and is beneficial for the useful life of the weapon in the bolt region.

A sabot assembly 20 includes a housing defining an interior space 30 and a plurality of projectiles 24 and received in the interior space 30. The interior space 30 is at least partially defined by a plurality of concavities 38, each of which is configured to receive a respective projectile 24. The housing 22 is configured to separate and fall away once the sabot assembly 20 is fired through a gun barrel 4, thereby releasing the projectiles 24 from the interior space 30 toward a target prior to impact of the sabot assembly 20 with the target.

A 25 mm ammunition cartridge centered about a longitudinal axis and extending from a proximal end to a distal end including a case having a base defining the proximal end and a case sidewall extending from the base to a distal mouth and defining a case cavity, a propellant charge disposed in at least a portion of the case cavity, a body having a proximal cup and a body sidewall extending to a distal interface, wherein at least a proximal portion of the body is receivable in the case cavity distal to the propellant charge, a cap extending from a proximal cap portion coupled to the distal interface of the body to a dome defining the distal end of the cartridge, wherein the body and the cap define a projectile cavity, and one or more projectiles positioned within the projectile cavity.

An airframe for a projectile having a cylinder having a bottom spring and a piston within the cylinder is provided. The cylinder has a locking assembly having a housing. A leaf spring is in the housing and coupled thereto. The housing has a limiter where the leaf spring operatively couples with the limiter and the limiter biases the leaf spring. The piston is moveable relative to the cylinder between a retracted configuration and expanded configurations. The piston has a housing where the piston moves between the retracted configuration and the expanded configurations when the piston housing receives a fluid. The piston has a groove that receives the leaf spring. The groove can align with the leaf spring in one expanded configuration where the piston groove receives the leaf spring thereby locking the piston with cylinder. In another expanded configuration, the leaf spring is outside the piston groove.

This disclosure relates to a propellant fuel container, which includes at least two tubular stages superimposed by circumferential juxtaposition with a base stage having a bottom with a tubular neck in its central part.

An ammunition cartridge casing has a casing base with a proximal end surface, a casing body defining an inside volume, and a distal end portion. The casing base defines a primer pocket in communication with the inside volume of the casing body, where the primer pocket is sized and configured such that when a primer is installed in the primer pocket, a proximal face of the primer is recessed into the base at least 0.010" with respect to the end surface. Blank ammunition made with the cartridge casing is configured for use with a rifle having a bolt with a boss on the breech face that corresponds to the recessed primer.

The invention relates to a hybrid engine (10) for projectiles in which a rocket engine with an annular nozzle (7) is arranged along with a base bleed unit with a circular nozzle (8) where the circular nozzle (8) of the base bleed unit is arranged centered in the annular nozzle (7) on the rocket engine and where the hybrid engine (10) is arranged with a propellant charge for the rocket engine (2) and a propellant charge for the base bleed unit (5). The invention further relates to a projectile (100) outfitted with a hybrid engine.

- Launching structure for a pyrotechnic cartridge and pyrotechnic cartridge equipped with such a launching structure. - The launching structure (2) comprises a socket (3) and a pyrotechnic ejection system (4), the pyrotechnic ejection system (4) being activated by the application of an electric current and being mounted in a housing (9) provided at one end (3A) of the socket (3) and being accessible from the outside, the interface (10) between the pyrotechnic ejection system (4) and the socket (3) being provided with an insulator (11) which is configured to completely electrically isolate the pyrotechnic ejection system (4) from the socket (3) so that in the event of electromagnetic interference such as a lightning strike, which could generate an electric current which tends to propagate in the socket (3), the pyrotechnic ejection system (4) is not impacted by this electric current and is not at risk of being activated unintentionally.

Metal matrix composite end cap 136 for forming cartridge case, comprising admixture of metal powder and binder matrix material, the admixture being caused to solidify in the shape of said end cap 136.

A representative reverse-saboted sidearm system includes: a sidearm having a barrel assembly with an inner wall defining a longitudinally extending bore; and a round of reverse-saboted ammunition having a non-necked casing, a reverse sabot, and a projectile, the reverse sabot mounted at a discharge end of the casing with a distal end of the reverse sabot extending outwardly from the casing, the reverse sabot exhibiting a diameter corresponding to a diameter of the casing and defining a receiving passage aligned with a longitudinal centerline of the casing, the projectile being at least partially disposed within the receiving passage of the reverse sabot; the inner wall of the barrel assembly being configured to engage an exterior surface of the projectile to direct the projectile.

A system and method for the determination of an optimal ammunition round based upon a barrel length of a given firearm and resulting ammunition. The ammunition is preferably provided in a single load for a given caliber and bullet optimized for a range of barrel lengths, wherein a user can select a preferred single load for a given firearm regardless of barrel length.

The disclosure relates to a system and a method for dispensing detection of a pyrotechnical countermeasure in a pyrotechnical countermeasure dispenser system (1 ). The method comprises: - providing a pyrotechnical countermeasure dispenser control unit (4) with a recoil-sensing device (5), wherein upon activation of a pyrotechnical countermeasure dispensing command, - monitoring the sensing of a recoil signal (8) from the recoil-sensing device (5) during a monitoring window (6), - determining that a dispensing of the pyrotechnical countermeasure from a pyrotechnical countermeasure cartridge (3) has occurred upon detection of the recoil signal (8) exceeding a recoil detection threshold value (9) during the monitoring window (6), - determining that a misfire of the pyrotechnical countermeasure has occurred upon no detection of the recoil signal (8) during the monitoring window (6).

The application relates to the technical field of camouflage smoke discharging, and discloses a gas-spraying type smoke camouflage device which comprises a storage tank and a smoke spraying pipe, an activity cavity is arranged in the storage tank, a transmission gear wheel is rotationally connected to the inner side wall of the activity cavity, a first driven gear wheel and a second driven gear wheel are also rotationally connected to the inner side wall of the activity cavity, the first driven gear wheel and the second driven gear wheel are connected in mesh with the transmission gear wheel, a first driven rod and a second driven rod are fixedly connected to one end of the first driven gear wheel and the second driven gear wheel respectively, and helical blades are fixedly connected to the surfaces of the first driven rod and the second driven rod. The device can rapidly stir and mix the smoke agent, avoids stratification of the smoke agent, guarantees full combustion of the smoke agent, avoids backflow of the smoke agent, rapidly forms a smoke screen, forms camouflage for a transport vehicle, and guarantees safety of the transport vehicle.

A radar-absorbing material projectile system including a projectile with an outer layer of radar-absorbing material (RAM). A carrier or armature is disposed around the projectile, protecting the layer of RAM during the firing sequence. In some embodiments the carrier is a discarding carrier which falls away after firing, rendering the projectile low-observable with regard to radar detection due to the layer of RAM.

A caseless cartridge including a projectile. A bullet is positioned on a leading end of the projectile and sized to exit a firearm through a barrel of the firearm. An ignition housing is positioned on a trailing end of the projectile opposite the leading end. An ignition source is positioned within the ignition housing. A hollow shaft extends between the bullet and the ignition housing and joins the bullet to the ignition housing. A plurality of ignition ports extend through a wall of the shaft and through the ignition housing. An interior of the shaft is fluidly coupled to an interior of the ignition housing. The ignition source is configured to ignite a propellant through the plurality of ignition ports in response to an activation of the firearm. When the firearm is activated, each component of the caseless cartridge is either consumed or discharged from the firearm through the barrel.

A firearm barrel has an elongated body defining a bore and defining a bore axis, the body defining a breech end and an opposed muzzle end, a chamber defined in the breech end and contiguous with the bore; the bore having an interior surface having a plurality of alternating lands and grooves, the grooves being surfaces separated from the bore axis by first radius, the lands being surfaces separated from the bore axis by second radius less than the first radius and the lands and grooves being straight elements parallel to the bore axis, such that no spin is imparted to a projectile propelled down the bore. The lands and grooves may extend from the chamber to the muzzle end. The bore may have a constant cross-sectional profile along its length.

An ammunition cartridge casing is provided having a primer body and a casing body. The primer body has an inner primer portion and an outer primer portion configured to nest in conformance with an outer surface of the inner primer portion. The outer surface of the inner primer portion provides a circumferential trench having a radially outwardly extending circumferential wall portion contiguous with an axially extending circumferential wall portion. The casing body has a distal end portion and a proximal end portion. The proximal end portion of the casing body is interposed between the inner primer portion and the outer primer portion within the trench having an interlocked axially extending circumferential portion and an interlocked radially outwardly extending disc portion of the casing body entrapped between the inner primer portion and the outer primer portion. A method is also provided.

Various types of structures, along with associated systems, are disclosed herein and configured for responding to an energy wave for changing a state of a mechanism to which said structures are operatively coupled. In at least one embodiment, the structure provides a material selectively changeable upon exposure to the energy wave to cause at least a portion of the material to mechanically degrade from a first state to a second state. When the material is in the first state, the material forms a mechanical or electrical link with the mechanism such that a force or an electrical current can be transmitted through the structure. When the material is in the second state, degradation of at least the portion of the material disrupts the mechanical or electrical link and inhibits transmission of the force or electrical current through the structure.

A polymer-based ammunition cartridge casing including a casing body having proximal and distal end and a longitudinal cylindrical wall extending between the proximal and the distal ends and enveloping a hollow interior of the casing body, wherein the longitudinal cylindrical wall of the casing body includes: a first longitudinal wall portion including the proximal end of the casing body and shaped to connect to a casing base, and further shaped such that when the casing base is connected, at least most of an outer surface of the casing base remains exposed; a second longitudinal wall portion connected at its proximal end to a distal end of the first longitudinal wall portion, wherein a minimal inner diameter of the first longitudinal wall portion is smaller than an inner diameter of the proximal end of the second longitudinal wall portion. The cartridge casing may include more than two longitudinal wall portions.

Methods for forming an ammunition cartridge casing from metal tubing stock are disclosed. The processes can include a sequence of deformation operations such as diameter reduction, axial compression, and drawing to shape the tubing into a finished case. Disclosed operations form a thickened head section, a web with a flash hole, and a primer pocket without cutting or drilling. Disclosed methods include elongating the powder chamber, forming a rim and extraction groove through axial compression, and shaping the neck and shoulder using precision tooling. Select operations may be combined or staged to manage material flow and strain distribution.

The invention relates to a combustible propellant charge case for ammunition dischargeable from a gun barrel, comprising cellulose, nitrocellulose, MO3 particles, wherein M = Mo and / or W, and cationic surfactant, wherein the average particle size d50 of the MO3 particles is 0.5–2.0 µm, the maximum particle size d100 of the MO3 particles is ≤ 20 µm, and the quotient of the average MO3 concentration in wt.% in a volume element of approximately 0.05 to 1.0 cm3 (cVE) at any desired point in the propellant charge case and the total MO3 concentration in wt.% (ctot) in the propellant charge case is cVE:ctot = 0.80–0 1.20.

The invention relates to a projectile body for a firearm, in particular for a handgun, for forming a composite projectile, in particular a hunting projectile, with a projectile axis, wherein the projectile body has an outer surface, a front and a rear and is accelerated along the projectile axis towards the front by means of a gas pressure acting on the rear for firing at a target and is driven with the front along a firing direction through a barrel of the firearm towards the target, wherein the outer surface bears against an inner side of the barrel during firing and seals the gas pressure, wherein a joining receptacle is arranged on the front.wherein an active element can be mechanically fixed to the projectile body by means of an engagement of the active element corresponding to the joining receptacle by bringing the engagement of the joining element into contact with the joining receptacle along the projectile axis. The invention further relates to an active element, a projectile, a cartridge, and methods for manufacturing a projectile and a cartridge.

The invention relates to a modular charge system device formed of one or more combustible modular cartridges. There is provided a modular charge system comprising a stub primer in a metal stub case, the stub case comprises a first combustible cartridge, which comprises a stub primer, a first propellant in a first cavity, wherein the stub primer is capable in use of igniting the first propellant in the first cavity, and one or more further combustible modular cartridges, each comprising a further cavity, said further cavity comprising, a second propellant material, wherein said further modular cartridges are co- axially stacked on said first combustible cartridge, such that the first propellant causes ignition of all further combustible modular cartridges.

A device (10) for launching decoys, in particular for a naval vessel, characterised in that it comprises: - at least two tubes (12) for launching decoys; - a single pneumatic circuit (14); and - a distribution block (16) interposed between the pneumatic circuit (14) and the launch tubes (12), the distribution block (16) comprising, for each launch tube (12), a valve (18) that can move between an open position, in which the corresponding launch tube (12) communicates with the pneumatic circuit (14), and a closed position, in which the corresponding launch tube (12) is isolated from the pneumatic circuit (14).