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Gun-launched non-lethal projectile with solid propellant rocket motor

US9021957B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

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

Inventors

Anthony Farina · Hackettstown, US
Brian Wong · Hamburg, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 31, 2014
Grant date	May 5, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 31, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF42B12/34
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A gun-launched, non-lethal, anti-personnel projectile includes a variable thrust, solid propellant rocket motor. The rocket motor has a variable thrust profile that maintains a substantially constant kinetic energy of the projectile below a lethal threshold from a range of about 5 meters to about 400 meters.

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