Gun barrel having an erosion-reducing lining

US5581928A · kind A · utility

Assignees

• Rheinmetall Industrie AG · DE
• TZN Forschungs-Und Entwicklungszentrum Unterlüss GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Herbert Krumm · Kaarst, DE
• Wolfgang Boer · Hermannsburg, DE
• Karlheinz Reinelt · Hermannsburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 24, 1995
• Grant date: Dec 10, 1996
• Expiry date: Mar 24, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F41A21/04
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A gun barrel has an erosion-reducing, electrically non-conductive lining extending along a length portion of the gun barrel. The lining is made of a polyimide.