Munition having payload of high-density spheroids

US8316770B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · US

Inventors

• Patrick Fisher · Milwaukee, US
• Meghan Abraham · Elizabethtown, US
• Bhuvanesh Thoguluva · Lake Hopatcong, US
• Keith Martin · Bangor, US
• Robin Zeto · Parkville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 6, 2009
• Grant date: Nov 27, 2012
• Expiry date: Feb 6, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F42B12/64
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A munition round includes a cartridge case; a canister disposed at a forward end of the cartridge case, the canister including a piston movable in the canister; a plurality of high-density spheroids having a diameter in a range of about 0.25 inches to about 0.5 inches; a rear container disposed in the canister adjacent the piston, and fully loaded with the high-density spheroids; a front container disposed in the canister and partially loaded with the high-density spheroids, a remaining volume of the front container occupied by a spacer disc disposed atop the high-density spheroids; and a cap that closes a forward end of the canister.