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Expanding bullet

US11402186B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignees

SHU Schuermann Hilleke Umformtechnik GmbH & Co. KG · DE
RUAG Ammotec GmbH · DE

Inventors

Joerg Peter BLECHER · Hagen, DE
Manfred Geier · Puchheim, DE
Florian Spanner · Nuremberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 5, 2021
Grant date	Aug 2, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 5, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF42B12/34
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An expanding bullet having a one-piece structure has a cylindrical section and a section that is essentially shaped as a truncated cone, with the bullet tip being situated at the end of the latter section, which end faces away from the cylindrical section, and at least one planned breaking point being formed in this section, wherein the section shaped as a truncated cone is divided into segments and has a channel that has a mouth in the region of the bullet tip, wherein the channel has a bell-shaped widened region, which has its greatest diameter in the region of the transition from the cylindrical section to the section shaped as a truncated cone.

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