Sabot of the push-pull type having mutually separate parts for the push and pull function

US11754381B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Ulrich Keller · Aachen, DE
• Michael Gowin · Hermannsburg, DE
• Konstantin Arzt · Großmoor, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 17, 2022
• Grant date: Sep 12, 2023
• Expiry date: Mar 17, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02A40/25
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

To reduce the mass of a sabot having a pull and a push function, it is proposed that the sabot comprise mutually separate sabot parts, wherein at least one sabot part is configured such that it performs the pull function and at least one sabot part is configured such that it performs the push function. The sabot parts are nested. This can be implemented in the form of cylindrical nesting or in the form of tangential nesting. In the case of the cylindrical nesting, the outer sabot part encloses the inner sabot part along an interface. In the case of the tangential nesting, the sabot parts are divided into sabot subsegments. The latter are nested in alternating fashion in the tangential direction such that a pull-sabot subsegment and a push-sabot subsegment are nested in alternating fashion in the circumferential direction. To provide sufficient sealing, the sabot subsegments overlap one another.