Spin-stabilized artillery projectile having a metal sealing ring

US6401622B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Rheinmetall W & M GmbH · DE

Inventor

• Fritz Brinkmann · Wörth an der Donau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 30, 1999
• Grant date: Jun 11, 2002
• Expiry date: Nov 30, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F42B14/02
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A spin-stabilized projectile includes a projectile body having a longitudinal axis, a forward and a rearward direction; a metal driving band mounted on the projectile body for transferring spinning forces to the projectile body; a circumferential groove provided in the outer surface of the projectile body rearwardly of the metal guide band; and a metal sealing ring seated in the groove and being freely rotatable relative to the projectile body.