Patent · US Expired

Artillery cartridge having an internal conductor arrangement

US6526892B2 · kind B2 · utility

14Cited by

5References

9Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Rheinmetall W & M GmbH · DE

Inventors

Thomas Heitmann · Unterlüß, DE
Michael Vagedes · Düsseldorf, DE
Michael Imdahl · Baven, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 22, 2002
Grant date	Mar 4, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 22, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF42C19/06
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A cartridge includes a cartridge case having a cartridge base; a projectile having a rearward portion received by the cartridge case; a propellant primer disposed in the cartridge case and extending along the longitudinal cartridge axis; an electrically programmable projectile fuze disposed in the projectile; an electrode disposed at the cartridge base; a plug mounted on the propellant primer at a frontal end thereof; a first contact carried by the plug; a first conductor extending in the propellant primer and connecting the first contact with the electrode; a socket, formed on the rearward portion of the projectile, receives and surrounds the plug; a second contact carried by the socket and being in electric contact with the first contact; and a second conductor extending in the projectile and connecting the second contact with the projectile fuze.

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