| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 5233126 |
Deceleration device for a submunition unit with textile package for deceleration element |
August 3, 1993 |
| A deceleration device for a submunition unit ejectable from a spin stabilized carrier projectile includes a deployable deceleration element. The deceleration element is packaged in textile package including an essentially circular disc, at least three straps connected and arranged ra |
| 5206451 |
Armor-protection for a wall, for example a bombshelter or an armored vehicle |
April 27, 1993 |
| A wall of, for example, a bombshelter or armored vehicle, is provided with an inner and outer armor spaced from each other. This armor protection is designed to provide a deflection, respectively destruction of an impacting projectile as soon as the projectile nose has penetrated the out |
| 5204494 |
Subcaliber projectile with sabot |
April 20, 1993 |
| A subcaliber projectile including a segmented discardable propelling cage sabot which encloses at least a portion of the projectile body and has a common form-locking zone for the transfer of acceleration forces from the propelling cage to the projectile body. The form-locking zone has m |
| 5199669 |
Rotary parachute |
April 6, 1993 |
| A rotary parachute includes a canopy having an apex and comprised of triangular, sewn-together fabric segments each having a base edge along an outer circumference of the canopy, a tip opposite the base edge and longitudinal edges on either side of said tip with seams connecting toge |
| 5192368 |
Screen printing machine provided with a compressed air cleaner |
March 9, 1993 |
| A screen printing machine for imprinting hybrid circuit boards with thick-film pastes of the type including a horizontally movable printing table (12) and a vertically raisable frame (16), wherein a compressed air cleaner (2) is attached to the frontal or end surface (18) of the frame |
| 5188315 |
Submunition unit including a rotary parachute |
February 23, 1993 |
| A submunition unit provided with a rotary parachute (3) as the sole parachute. The parachute, after release, initially is unable to be fully deployed due to reef loops (16) provided on the rigging lines (15) and held by a releasable holding device arrangement (4, 5, 6) and therefore |
| 5185493 |
Loading apparatus for manual insertion of ammunition |
February 9, 1993 |
| An apparatus for manually loading ammunition into one end of a gun tube includes a lift-type breechblock wedge operatively arranged for sealing and unsealing the one end of the gun tube. The breechblock wedge has an underside including at least two lateral guide strips attached thereto, |
| 5183962 |
Submunition for a spin stabilized carrier projectile |
February 2, 1993 |
| A submunition unit for a spin stabilized carrier projectile (1), with the submunition unit including an antenna disposed at the nose of its casing (7), and with the antenna (5) being covered by a protective cover (6). The casing (7) and the protective cover (6) are provided with respecti |
| 5181673 |
Anti-tank missile system |
January 26, 1993 |
| An anti-tank missile system includes a weapons carrier system with a missile including control means for controlling the missile flight path and a searchhead camera for developing target data during flight of the missile. An elevatable platform is mounted on the weapons carrier system |
| 5180883 |
Ammunition |
January 19, 1993 |
| To improve the combustion behavior of a two-part large-caliber ammunition round (10) composed of a primary charge (20) and a projectile charge (30), an annular transfer charge (29) is provided in the primary charge (20) underneath a charge casing cover (28) which terminated the primary c |
| 5177990 |
Autofrettage device for tubes |
January 12, 1993 |
| An autofrettage device for a tube includes thrust bearings for receiving opposite ends of the tube. A mandrel is introducible into the tube and includes a sealing arrangement for sealing an annular gap between the mandrel and an inner wall of the tube against escape of a pressure medium |
| 5161127 |
Method of determining the target direction and target range of sound generating targets |
November 3, 1992 |
| A method is disclosed in which the direction and range of sound generating targets (2) is determined solely by means of passive sensors (10, 11). In this connection it is proposed to employ a seismic sensor (10) in addition to the acoustic sensors (11) customarily required for a bearing |
| 5160999 |
Acceleration resistant packaging for integrated circuits and method of producing them |
November 3, 1992 |
| An acceleration resistant packaging for integrated circuits. Integrated circuits are usually packaged in plastic or ceramic housings. However, due to the great accelerations that occur, circuits packaged in that manner cannot be employed in projectiles. According to the invention each |
| 5159147 |
Alternatable dual cartridge supply system for an externally driven automatic weapon |
October 27, 1992 |
| For installation in confined areas, an externally driven automatic weapon includes an alternatable dual cartridge supply system having two supply chutes are disposed parallel to an axis of symmetry traversing a cartridge supply rotor and a control roller for the breech block drive. The i |
| 5153373 |
Warhead |
October 6, 1992 |
| A warhead including a shell which encloses the explosive charge and a projectile forming liner with the liner being disposed so that its circumferential surface lies against an intermediate ring which, in turn, is fastened to the shell. To avoid undefinable spalling effects in the re |
| 5149907 |
Weapon |
September 22, 1992 |
| A weapon including a barrel (2), with a charge chamber (5) and an arrangement for delaying a drop in the maximum gas pressure in the barrel after firing of a charge in the chamber, with the arrangement for delaying a drop in the maximum gas pressure injecting an additional quantity of a |
| 5148750 |
Unitary projectile |
September 22, 1992 |
| A unitary ammunition unit comprising a propellant charge. An explosive sub-caliber projectile having a pull-drive type of sabot is mounted on the propellant charge. The sub-caliber projectile is at least partially formed of a heavy-metal-sinter alloy of high density. |
| 5147971 |
Base and obturating ring arrangement |
September 15, 1992 |
| An obturating arrangement for a gun barrel of the type having a right-angled obturating ring having its axially extending arm disposed within a recess in the base ring at the end of the gun barrel and its inwardly radially extending arm engaging, in a known manner, a breechblock wedg |
| 5140892 |
Automatic cannon for monergole liquid propellants |
August 25, 1992 |
| An automatic cannon for a monergole liquid propellant which is designed as a continuously firing drum-type weapon whereby the supply of projectiles, the loading and the dosaging process take place in parallel. The weapon housing of the automatic cannon includes a drum which has a plurali |
| 5138947 |
Flying body including a target detection device |
August 18, 1992 |
| A flying body is provided with target detection capability. The flying body has an exterior wall and a target detection device for scanning a target area disposed within the body. The target detection device includes a combined laser transmitting/receiving system, having a laser and a la |
| 5136949 |
Mine system |
August 11, 1992 |
| A system for remotely programming a mine includes a programming device comprising a computer having a data memory storing functions required to control the mine once laid, a code word memory and a random number generator. Stored data is displayed on an output device. A random number |
| 5134922 |
Rigidly lockable straight-action breech block for an externally driven automatic weapon |
August 4, 1992 |
| For a space saving and shock free breech block for an externally driven automatic weapon, a control roller 10 includes two camming discs which offset by 180.degree. with respect to one another in a symmetrical manner and arranged one behind the other, so as to continuously rotate in the |
| 5133262 |
Penetrator |
July 28, 1992 |
| A subcaliber projectile including a penetrator preferably made of tungsten eavy metal, and having a penetrator tip section and a section following thereafter and extending over the major portion of the penetrator length which is provided with an external thread (helical groove) or cir |
| 5133243 |
Arrangement for emergency actuation of the firing pin of a machine cannon with an exterior drive |
July 28, 1992 |
| The arrangement for emergency actuating of the firing pin of a machine cannon having an exterior drive includes a percussion hammer that is loaded by a coil spring for the direct loading of the firing pin mounted in the breech block via an intermediate rod member. When in a loaded po |
| 5133242 |
Electromagnetic rail accelerator arrangement |
July 28, 1992 |
| An electromagnetic rail accelerator in which a plurality of plasma arc cushions are generated between a plurality of pairs of rails in order to accelerate projectiles. To prevent currents of different intensities from flowing through the individual plasma armatures and, thus subjecting t |
| 5133240 |
Method and apparatus for producing large-caliber ammunition |
July 28, 1992 |
| A method and an apparatus for producing a large-caliber ammunition unit including a combustible or partially combustible propelling charge casing and compacted or partially compacted propelling charge powder, to increase internal ballistic performance. It is known to partially or complet |
| 5131329 |
Fragmentation projectile |
July 21, 1992 |
| A fragmentation projectile having at least two adjacent casings including an inner casing having an inner surface and an outer surface, and at least one outer casing substantially surrounding the outer surface of the inner casing. An explosive charge is disposed within the inner casing, |
| 5127732 |
Method and arangement for determining angular velocities |
July 7, 1992 |
| A method and circuit arrangement for determining angular velocities with the aid of an optical fiber ring interferometer includes filter circuitry for selecting the amplitudes of four adjacent spectral lines of resultant interfering light waves exiting from the interferometer, a first ad |
| 5127309 |
Rapid stop device for an externally driven automatic weapon |
July 7, 1992 |
| A rapid-stop device for the control roller of an automatic weapon wherein for a space-saving arrangement, a brake unit forming part of the rapid-stop device is disposed in a longitudinally axial bore of the control roller. Within its jacket, the brake unit includes brake shims and pr |
| 5125320 |
Liquid propellant cannon |
June 30, 1992 |
| A liquid propellant cannon includes an axially movable pump piston 25 which is exposed to propellant in a propellant chamber. The pump piston has a stroke that is shorter than the total length of the propellant chamber. For some or all of the rest of its length the propellant chamber 22 |
| 5119716 |
Muzzle brake for a large caliber tubular weapon |
June 9, 1992 |
| A muzzle brake (10) for a gun barrel (12) to be attached coaxially onto the muzzle end of the gun barrel up to a radially extending annular abutment surface (20) and provided with elongated gas discharge openings (14) which are arranged transversely to the axis of the bore (16) over its |
| 5113766 |
Mine control device |
May 19, 1992 |
| An arrangement for programming the control of a mine including a pin (16) made of a material having a predeterminable magnetic permeability and inserted into a blind bore-like opening in a mine housing (12). Via a coil disposed in the interior of the mine and surroundng the blind bore-li |
| 5112008 |
Fin stabilized projectile having heat resistant fins |
May 12, 1992 |
| A fin stabilized projectile in which measures are taken for increasing the thermal resistance of its guide fins against the uncontrollable danger of burning or melting due to overheating of the material as a result of air friction during the flight of the projectile. Each guide fin is co |
| 5112007 |
Missile steering device |
May 12, 1992 |
| To improve the steering of autonomous missiles with respect to great thrusts and a large number of guide pulses, preferably in a caliber range of less than 100 mm, fluidic wall jet elements are provided in branching conduits which are connected to radially directed steering nozzles and |
| 5111731 |
Loading device for modular propelling charges |
May 12, 1992 |
| A loading device for loading a propelling charge into a chamber of a gun barrel having a breech ring, wherein a loading trough is disposed behind the breech ring with the chamber beginning at the rear of the breech ring and the gun barrel has a bore axis. A transfer arm is mouonted for p |
| 5111730 |
Apportioning apparatus for loading a loading tray with a variable number of propelling charge mo |
May 12, 1992 |
| An apportioning apparatus in combination with a transporting device for transporting propelling charge modules in an axial direction of the transporting device and a loading tray for receiving propelling charge modules which are to be loaded into a gun. The apportioning apparatus is |
| 5111524 |
Signal transmitting steering cable including optical fiber with fluorescent dye |
May 5, 1992 |
| A signal transmitting steering cable (4, 40, 40') for remotely-controlled flying bodies (1) which, once the flying body (1) has been launched, can be located and disposed of easily. For this purpose the surface layer (44, 46) of the steering cable (4) includes a material which is fluores |
| 5107768 |
Projectile having an interior space and a method of protection thereof |
April 28, 1992 |
| The invention relates to a projectile having an interior space in which disposable payloads and/or electronic components are arranged, and which are of a type intended to have an extended lifetime. To protect the interior components from corrosion, the interior space is filled with a |
| 5107751 |
Chute magazine for modular propelling charges |
April 28, 1992 |
| A chute magazine for storing and supplying modular propelling charges. A magazine floor is aligned in a direction in which the propelling charges are to be supplied and has a frontal end region formed as a collecting trough. A plurality of parallel chute walls are arranged at a right ang |
| 5105715 |
Tank turret with increased recoil mass |
April 21, 1992 |
| A tank turret including an armored turret housing having a front side provided with solid front armor, and a pivotally mounted gun including a cradle shield, cradle, recoil device and rearward breech block housing being arranged in the turret housing. The armored turret housing, or at |
| 5094408 |
Rotary parachute |
March 10, 1992 |
| The parachute having a canopy composed of a plurality of radially arranged asymmetrical polygonal panels of the same shape, with, each panel being sewn only partially to its adjacent panel so that, in the fully deployed state, a plurality of air exit nozzles are formed in the carrying zo |
| 5094141 |
Arrangement for accelerating a projectile through a plasma |
March 10, 1992 |
| An arrangement for the accelerating of a projectile through the intermediary of a plasma, wherein the plasma is generated by means of an electrical discharging circuit within a metallic tube which has the bottom thereof closed. The one pole of the discharging circuit contacts a first |
| 5090328 |
Spin stabilized projectile unit |
February 25, 1992 |
| A spin stabilized projectile unit includes a sub-caliber projectile having a cylindrical section connected to a conical tail section including an external circumferential holding groove. A propelling cage casing encloses the projectile. A propelling base includes a receptacle holding the |
| 5090326 |
Lightweight training bomblet equipped with axially tensioned housing covers |
February 25, 1992 |
| A lightweight training bomblet provided with a housing made of cardboard or plastic. Such training bomblet should be easily assembled and be able to withstand the high acceleration forces generated during transport into a target area. To prevent undue deformations of the bomblet housings |
| 5090324 |
Warhead |
February 25, 1992 |
| A warhead (10') which includes a shaped or projectile forming charge in the form of a liner (14) of a multi-phase metallic material or a metal-metal laminate. To prevent the liner (14) from being destroyed by the incoming shock wave and make impossible the formation of a projectile, that |
| 5088416 |
Impact projectile |
February 18, 1992 |
| An impact projectile which comprises at least two impact bodies centered with respect to one another and disposed one axially behind the other with means for separating the two bodies axially upon approach to the target. The separation can be effected by thermal means controlled by a pro |
| 5081931 |
Spin stabilized carrier projectile provided with a metal driving band |
January 21, 1992 |
| To provide a complete seal in the region of the rifling, particularly in worn-out gun barrels firing spin stabilized carrier projectiles provided with a metal guide or driving band and a thin-walled projectile connected to a projectile base and having a wall thickness less than or equal |
| 5077926 |
Gun barrel equipped with optimized rifling |
January 7, 1992 |
| In order to improve the service life of prior art gun tubes and to improve the ballistics of a projectile fired through them, the present invention provides a gun tube with an optimized variable rifling which produces a rifling force curve (R(x)) along the gun tube (x) which has an essen |
| 5076171 |
Bomblet carrier projectile equipped with lightweight training bomblets arranged in layers |
December 31, 1991 |
| A bomblet carrier projectile for delivering training bomblets to a target area. A plurality of training bomblets are supported in layers within the projectile body, with each training bomblet having a housing made of at least one of paper and plastic. A plurality of supporting elements a |
| 5063855 |
Projectile arrangement |
November 12, 1991 |
| A projectile arrangement including a subcaliber projectile body and a segmented, discardable propelling cage sabot provided with a common form locking zone for the transmission of the acceleration forces. To reduce the notch effect on the projectile body, and thus the danger of breakage, |
