307results about "Cartridge ammunition" patented technology

A lighted projectile may comprise a switch and a light source. The switch may comprise a moveable portion. The projectile may receive a propellant. The projectile may fluidly couple the propellant to the switch. The projectile may comprise a cavity by which the propellant is fluidly coupled to the moveable portion of the switch. Responsive to receiving the propellant, the moveable portion of the switch may move within the projectile. Responsive to movement of the switch, the light source may be activated. Movement of the switch may close a circuit between the light source and a power supply integrated within the projectile. The moveable portion of the switch may comprise the light source. Responsive to receiving the propellant, the projectile may be deployed from a projectile launcher. The projectile may further comprise a user interface by which a reset force may be applied to the switch to deactivate the light source.

A projectile system is described, the projectile system includes a projectile body, the projectile body including a front end portion that tapers to a point at the front end and the front end portion of the projectile body is dimensionally smaller than a bore of a firearm system, the projectile body including a driving band portion behind the front end portion of the projectile body, the driving band the driving band portion being dimensionally equal to a caliber of the firearm system and dimensionally greater than a bore diameter of the firearm system, such that the driving band portion comes into contact with the bore of the firearm system when the projectile passes through the bore of the firearm system.

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.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, an ammunition cartridge is provided herein. The ammunition cartridge may include a cartridge enclosure comprising a cartridge case portion and a jacket portion, wherein the jacket portion is configured to accommodate at least one projectile filling; and a base, connectable to the cartridge enclosure, wherein the base comprises an ignition device, wherein the cartridge enclosure comprises a section configured to control the detachment of at least some of the jacket portion from the cartridge case. According to some embodiments of the present invention, another ammunition cartridge is provided herein. The ammunition cartridge may include: a cartridge case portion; and a jacket portion, wherein the jacket portion is configured to accommodate at least one projectile filling, wherein the jacket portion is made of at least one of: polymer material, and composite material.

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 casing for ammunition cartridges is made either partially or completely from polymer, and is used in connection with thermite primers. The use of a thermite primer permits simplified manufacturing methods for the casing. The use of a thermite propellant permits the use of a thicker casing wall while still allowing adequate space for a sufficient amount of propellant to achieve the desired results.

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.

The invention relates to a plastic cartridge case for artillery shells, which can be used in the production of ammunition, in particular in the design of composite and mono block artillery cases with a plastic body, in particular for artillery shells with separate or single loading, as well as for ammunition for small arms. A plastic cartridge case for artillery shots consists of a metal bottom in the form of a disk, fixedly connected to a plastic body, in which a cylindrical stepped metal body is mounted, in the inner space of which an ignition capsule is mounted by means of a threaded connection, the metal bottom (4) being filled with a recess, in which the plastic body (2) is placed, the stepped metal body (1), in the front part of which a tube (7) is fixedly mounted, oriented along the axis of the plastic body, with radially oriented holes (7a) formed along its length, and an incendiary charge (8) is placed inside it.

A high pressure cartridge case is fabricated by: providing a wire or rod; cold forming a cartridge case into a drawn blank or a tubular component from sheared lengths of the wire or rod; annealing the cartridge case using a belt furnace, flame furnace, induction furnace, or a batch furnace; performing a machine ejector slot and trim on the cartridge case; forming the shoulder and neck of the cartridge case; performing a heat treatment of the cartridge case; and tempering the cartridge case.

The invention relates to a method for producing casings, in particular artillery gun and / or grenade casings, from a steel material. Also disclosed is a system for producing such casings, or a system configured to carry out the method according to the invention. The method and the system enable the efficient production of casings with a significantly shortened cycle time.

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.

To disclose a cartridge case capable of suppressing the occurrence of a defect where combustion gases within the cartridge case leak backward from a detonator storage portion.SOLUTION: A cartridge case 10A of this embodiment comprises: a cartridge case body 20A having a detonator storage portion 17 at its end for storing a detonator 50; and a ring component 30A fitted outside the detonator storage portion 17 and constituting a head portion 14 of the cartridge case 10A together with the detonator storage portion 17. Members constituting the ring component 30A have higher rigidity than members constituting the cartridge case body 20A.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

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.

The utility model discloses a plastic bullet which comprises a plastic bullet shell and a plastic bullet head, and the plastic bullet head is arranged at the front end of the plastic bullet shell. The plastic cartridge case comprises an ammunition case and a primer base, the primer base is arranged at the rear end of the ammunition case, a connecting sleeve is arranged at the front end of the primer base, a clamping hook is arranged on the inner side wall of the connecting sleeve, the rear end of the ammunition case extends backwards to form a rear sleeve, a clamping groove is formed in the outer side of the rear sleeve, and the clamping hook is arranged in the clamping groove. The connecting sleeve is sleeved outside the rear sleeve, and the clamping hook is clamped in the clamping groove. The plastic bullet has the advantages of being easy to machine, firm in connection, low in cost and convenient to assemble.

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 rimless cartridge comprising a case and a bullet mounted therein. In embodiments, the bullet comprises a jacket having a cylindrical body portion, an ogive portion, and a plurality of longitudinally extending paths of weakness formed in the ogive portion and defining petals there between and extending rearward from the mouth. The bullet includes a malleable core mounted within the jacket. The bullet further comprises a circumferential groove between forward and rearward circumferential indentations imparted in the body portion of the jacket.

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.