Vented in-tube burning rocket

USH684H · kind H · statutory invention registration

Assignee

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

Inventors

• Jerrold H. Arszman · Huntsville, US
• Albert R. Maykut · Huntsville, US
• John Marshall Tate, III · Sittard, NL

Key dates

• Grant date: Oct 3, 1989

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

A rocket for firing from a tube having open ends wherein a rocket motor sed from a projectile is connected to the projectile by a frangible, ported collar, the front of the motor having a vent for allowing combustion products to flow into the tube between the motor and the projectile. The pressure of the combustion products between the motor and the projectile will break the collar to allow the projectile to exit from the tube at a high velocity.