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Ammunition and explosives November USPTO class patent listing 11/07

20070272107 - Energetic linear timing element: A timing element for an initiator is made from a reactive polymeric material such as, e.g., a glycidyl azide polymer. The reactive polymeric material may include pulverulent oxidizer additives, such as ammonium, perchlorate and/or ferric oxide. The oxidizer additives are used to increase the rate of reaction and the output... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070272108 - Blasting method and blasting accessory: A drill hole (350) extends into rock to be blasted. A blasting accessory (310) includes a container portion (312) for holding a predetermined volume of stemming material, and a spacer (330) for spacing the stemming material a predetermined distance from a surface, e.g. a blind bottom of the drill hole.... Agent: Cozen O'connor, P.C.

20070272109 - Blasting: In blasting rock, a drill hole (12) is charged with spaced, composite layers (20), (30, 40) at different levels between an open mouth (14) and a blind bottom (16). Each composite layer is supported on a plug (22, 32, 42). Flowable plunger material (24, 34, 44), e.g. drill cuttings, is... Agent: Cozen O'connor, P.C.

20070272110 - Method of blasting multiple layers or levels of rock: A method of blasting plural layers of material (38, 40, 42, 44) in a blastfield (16) that reduces the amount of mechanical excavation required to expose a lower layer of material. The method includes using rows of equally spaced blastholes (18, 20, 22, 24) that pass through all of the... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070272111 - Low energy training cartridge: m

20070272112 - Reactive material compositions, shot shells including reactive materials, and a method of producing same: A reactive material that includes at least one hinder and at least one fuel, at least one oxidizer, or combinations thereof; at least one metal and at least one fuel; or at least two fuels. The reactive material is used in a reactive material shot shell in which at least... Agent: Traskbritt, P.C./ Alliant Tech Systems

20070272113 - Sabot and shotshell combination: A sabot and shotshell combination includes a bullet, a shotshell hull, propellant, a shotshell primer, wadding, and a sabot comprising a molded member having a base portion and a plurality of petal portions each extending from a proximal base root to a distal tip, the base and petals defining a... Agent: Bryan K. Wheelock

20070266880 - Initiator, inflator, and airbag apparatus: An initiator includes an initiator main body, a connecting member attached to the initiator main body, and a harness for distributing power. The harness is connected to the initiator main body via the connecting member. A sealing portion is formed to cover at least a joining portion between the connecting... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20070266881 - Shock tube initiator: Described in this specification is a shock tube initiator that is suitable for one, two, or more shock tubes. The initiator has a number of safety features to avoid inadvertent firing of the shocking primer. Features include a rotary safety and a firing plunger that selectively interfere with the firing... Agent: Michael Molins Molins & Co.

20070266882 - Active body: 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... Agent: Mcgrath, Geissler, Olds & Richardson, PLLC

20070266883 - Multiple sting ball grenade dispenser: A stingball delivery system, having a housing, a plurality of submunitions, and a plurality of stingballs contained within the housing. The housing has a cylindrical tube and a plurality of curved segments fitted to the cylindrical tube. The cylindrical tube has a fixed end cap and a removable end cap.... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20070266884 - Controlled dispense system for deployment of components into desired pattern and orientation: A dispenser system provides a means to automatically deploy systems using a controlled dispense approach capable of providing desired operational flexibility. Components such as unattended ground sensors (UGS) are deployed according to a method which includes incorporating the components into an elongated ejection system to form a payload assembly, the... Agent: Bainwood Huang & Associates LLC

20070266885 - Initiator, inflator, and airbag apparatus: An initiator includes an initiator main body, a connecting portion attached to the initiator main body, and a harness for distributing power connected to the initiator main body via the connecting portion. A hooking portion is attached to the initiator main body. The hooking portion hooks a middle portion of... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20070261582 - Initiator including a zone of weakness: The present invention relates to an electropyrotechnic initiator comprising: an ignition support (10); an electrical initiation system (11) connecting the ignition support (10) to a source of electricity; and a cap (2) containing at least one explosive composition, the cap being of generally cylindrical shape presenting an open first end... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070261583 - Full function initiator with integrated planar switch: A switch device having a base, a first electrically conductive pad coupled to the base, a second electrically conductive pad coupled to the base, a first electrically conductive projection and a second electrically conductive projection. The second electrically conductive pad is spaced apart from the first electrically conductive pad by... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070261584 - Full function initiator with integrated planar switch: A device having an initiator and an integrated planar switch. The initiator has a base, an initiating element that is coupled to the base, a first element pad, which is electrically coupled to a first side of the initiating element, and a second element pad, which is electrically coupled to... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070261585 - Self-destruct fuze delay mechanism: An exemplary self-destruct fuze delay for a submuntion includes a container filled with an activation fluid, a spring-loaded ampoule breaker to break the container upon deployment of the munition, a spring-loaded self-destruct firing pin to initiate a secondary detonator in close proximity to a primary detonator, and an interlock ball... Agent: Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.

20070261586 - Self-destruct fuze delay mechanism: An exemplary self-destruct fuze delay for a submuntion includes an ampoule filled with an activation fluid, a spring-loaded pin to break the ampoule upon deployment of the munition, and a wick to collect and retain the activation liquid in contact with a spring loaded restraining link having an embedded firing... Agent: Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.

20070261587 - Lightweight polymer cased ammunition: An ammunition cartridge assembled from (1) a substantially cylindrical polymeric cartridge casing body defining a casing headspace with an open projectile-end and an end opposing the projectile-end, wherein the casing body has (A) a substantially cylindrical injection molded polymeric bullet-end component with opposing first and second ends, the first end... Agent: Synnestvedt Lechner & Woodbridge LLP

20070256587 - Propulsion kit: The present invention is a propulsion kit that is attached to a gliding air to surface bomb. The kit of the invention comprises one or more engines and, when activated, allows a significant extension of the length of the flight path of the bomb. The engines can be any type... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC