Active body

US8783183B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Rainer Gaisbauer · Langenau, DE
• Heinz Bannach · Sonneberg, DE
• Vikron Kadavanich · Bayerisch Gmain, DE
• Martin Fegg · Bischofswiesen, DE
• Christian Wagner · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 28, 2007
• Grant date: Jul 22, 2014
• Expiry date: Jul 18, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F42B4/26
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An active body is provided that includes at least one active mass block made of monobasic or polybasic high-energy materials such as a nitrocellulose mixture, for example, comprising approximately 60 percent nitroglycerin and 40 percent diethylene glycol dinitrate, which is provided with structures both on a surface and on an interior. In addition, the inner structures can be filled with an active mass substance. The ignition is triggered by a pyrotechnical primer composition, which initiates the active body, preferably from the inside.