Patent · US Expired

Propelling cage discarding sabot for a spin-stabilized subcaliber projectile

US5063854A · kind A · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

Rheinmetall GmbH · DE

Inventors

Bernard Bisping · Ratingen, DE
Michael Vagedes · Düsseldorf, DE
Sigfried Kessler · Düsseldorf, DE
Ulrich Theis · Mülheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 16, 1989
Grant date	Nov 12, 1991
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 16, 2009

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/30
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A propelling cage discarding sabot for a spin-stabilized subcaliber projectile, including a plastic material which is shaped and which is composed of a polyamide and from about 5% to about 30% by weight of carbon fiber, the plastic material having a specific weight which does not exceed 1.11 g/cm.sup.3, a tensile strength which is greater than 120 N/mm.sup.2, and a maximum water absorption which does not exceed 0.8% so that the propelling cage discarding sabot has mechanical characteristics which are substantially constant and has substantial dimensional trueness.

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