Gas favoring boattail projectile
US11415398B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 19, 2021 |
| Grant date | Aug 16, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 19, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF42B10/44
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A gas favoring boattail projectile has a body, a nose extending from the body as an ogive, a tip upon the nose, a meplat of the tip, a frustum outwardly of the body and opposite the nose, and a base opposite the tip. The frustum also appears as a boattail and the body appears as a cylinder. The projectile has a caliber denoting its widest diameter and serving as the basis for additional dimensions measured from it. The meplat has a proportional relationship to the boattail and the boattail has an angular relationship to the surface of the cylinder. The relationships of specific features of the invention optimize its accuracy on target while remaining within weight and other specified parameters.
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