AMMUNITION CARTRIDGE WITH A BASE PLUG VENT
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230417524A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-28

    申请号:US18300626

    申请日:2023-04-14

    CPC classification number: F42B39/14 F42B33/02 F42B33/00 F42B5/02 F42B39/20

    Abstract: An ammunition cartridge comprised of a projectile inserted in, and mechanically connected to, a metal cartridge case assembly having a propulsion chamber and a base, and an energetic propellant disposed in the propulsion chamber, includes a base plug in which is mounted an igniter with an energetic primer. During manufacture of the cartridge, a fusible support ring is incorporated into a metal cavity. The cartridge base includes a cavity allowing the fusible material to solidify at ambient temperatures. When exposed to heat from an external fire, the fusible support plug liquefies losing its strength and subsequently, when a propellant or primer off-gasses or auto-ignites the pressure from the reaction ejects a metal plug or lid from the cartridge case base, creating a void that allows the propellant and primer to combust in an unconfined space.

    WARHEAD FRAGMENTING STRUCTURE OF COMPACTED FRAGMENTS

    公开(公告)号:US20180112960A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-04-26

    申请号:US15205113

    申请日:2016-07-08

    CPC classification number: F42B12/32 F42B12/24 F42B33/00

    Abstract: A method of making a fragmenting structure for an explosive device includes placing a volume of fragments of a deformable metal material into a press mold, the fragments having sufficient surface adhesiveness to adhere to each other upon being compressed together, e.g., by coating the fragments with adhesive. The fragments are compressed together in the press mold to form the fragmenting structure as a rigid and substantially void-free structure of compression-deformed, mutually adhering metal fragments, the fragmenting structure being sized and shaped for subsequent incorporation into the explosive device. An explosive device includes an explosive charge and a fragmenting structure adjacent to the explosive charge, the fragmenting structure being a rigid and substantially void-free structure of compression-deformed, mutually adhering metal fragments. The structure may have been manufactured by the disclosed method.

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