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Ammunition and explosives July category listing 07/11

20110179963 - Weapon and weapon system employing the same: A weapon and weapon system, and methods of manufacturing and operating the same. In one embodiment, the weapon includes a warhead having an outer casing. The warhead includes a frangible container within the outer casing of the warhead and a destructive element within the frangible container. The destructive element is... Agent:

20110179964 - Actuators for gun-fired projectiles and mortars: A ring portion including: a ring body; and one or more actuators formed therein for providing thrust to a projectile and configured for fastening to a shell of an airborne device to form a portion of the shell. The airborne device can be a projectile.... Agent: Omnitek Partners LLC

20110179965 - Ammunition assembly: Ammunition assemblies including ammunition cartridges are provided herein. According to some embodiments, ammunition cartridges may include a tubular casing having a first and a second end, wherein the tubular casing is at least partially constructed from a polymeric material, and wherein the tubular casing is adapted to receive and retain... Agent:

20110179966 - Dual-mass forward and side firing fragmentation warhead: A high-lethality fragmentation warhead with reduced risk of collateral damage to the warhead launch platform. High lethality is achieved with a forward-firing fragmentation assembly placed in front of the explosive and a side-firing fragmentation assembly placed in a void space in the aft section of the explosive. The risk of... Agent: Raytheon Company

20110179967 - Gas generator: h

20110174182 - Activation unit for munition-free decoys: An activation unit (1, 10) for munitions-free decoys, active masses or active bodies (3) is characterized by an ejector tube (2) and a high-powered heater element (4) arranged around the ejector tube (2, 12), wherein the heater element is made up of at least one heating wire (6), provided with... Agent: Rheinmetall Waffe Munition Gmbh

20110174181 - Remote explosion detonation system: According to one embodiment of the disclosure, a remote explosive detonation system includes a transmitter and at least one receiver having a detonator. The transmitter transmits an electro-magnetic signal having a transmitter identification code that may be received by the receiver. The receiver initiates the detonator if the transmitter identification... Agent:

20110174183 - Pyrophoric material: A pyrophoric material comprises a pyrophoric metal coated onto a wire mesh substrate. Iron and nickel are the preferred metals and a steel wire mesh is suitable. A process for making the pyrophoric material involves spraying an alloy of iron and/or nickel with aluminium onto a mesh using a high... Agent:

20110174184 - Method for electrical flashover ignition and combustion of propellent charge, as well as propellent charge and ammunition shot in accordance therewith: The invention relates to a method of in the electrical ignition of a propellent charge (1) provided with an electrically conductive surface coating (5) and comprising one or more propellant components (3), ensuring that ignition and progressive combustion of the propellent charge take place. The method is characterized in that... Agent:

20110174185 - Premeasured powder charge encased within consumable container: A consumable premeasured charge for use with an intended black powder firearm having barrel with a desired caliber, the consumable premeasured charge comprising a closed container defining an interior chamber and loose granular gunpowder filling a volume of the interior chamber to between 50 and approximately 100%. The closed container... Agent: American Pioneer Powder, Inc.

20110174186 - Shotshell with combination slug and shot load: An improved shotshell of the type having a hull, having a propellant, a wad, and a load. The improvement comprises the load comprising of at least one non-spherical slug and shot, with at least one shot disposed in front of the slug in the hull.... Agent:

20110174187 - Door breaching projectile system: A modified 40 mm grenade round designed to breach doors without throwing a substantial amount of shrapnel into a building's interior. The modified round includes a standoff device located on its forward end. The standoff device detonates the explosive charge within the projectile before the nose of the projectile actually... Agent:

20110174188 - Rifle and handgun cartridge: A rifle or handgun cartridge is formed to have an overall length of about 2.260 inches, or 57.4 millimeters. The shell case has a case length between 1.550 inches and 1.650 inches and a neck forming a mouth for a standard .224 caliber bullet. The shoulder adjoining the neck widens... Agent: Sch Patente Gmbh

20110168046 - Energy harvesting power sources for generating a time-out singal for unexploded munitions: A method is provided for detecting a target impact of a munition. The method including: providing the munition with a power supply having a piezoelectric material for generating power from a vibration induced by the munition; monitoring an output from the power supply; and determining whether the output of power... Agent: Omnitek Partners LLC

20110168047 - Missile having a pyrotechnic charge: A missile includes a pyrotechnic charge. The missile is constructed in such a way that the pyrotechnic charge is made to burn deflagratively when the missile is used correctly. The pyrotechnic charge includes a mixture containing at least one metal or a metal alloy as a fuel and at least... Agent: Diehl Bgt Defence Gmbh & Co. Kg

20110168048 - Multi-faceted structure for bombs and warheads including penetrating warheads: A bomb and penetrating warhead (“PW”) casings is disclosed that has three or more exterior facets. The facets may be straight or spiraling. The resulting bomb or PW casing that results is a stronger, tougher structure that will increase the overall performance of the bomb or PW casing in delivering... Agent:

20110168049 - Method and apparatus for self-destruct frangible projectiles: The present invention discloses and claims an apparatus and method for delivering a wide array of selected agents to a target from stand-off distances. The apparatus includes a self-destruct frangible projectile made of primary, binding, and active components. The primary component generally has a specific gravity greater than lead, and... Agent: Newtec Services Group

20110162547 - Ignition mixtures: A firing mixture which contains explosives, oxidizing and reducing agents is characterized in that it contains one or several explosives which can be fired by laser light. Also disclosed is a process for producing the same and its use.... Agent:

20110162548 - Methods and apparatus for weapon fuze: Methods and apparatus for a weapon according to various aspects of the present invention comprise and/or operate in conjunction with a warhead case and a fuze system. The fuze system may comprise a fuze housing including a flange configured to be secured to the weapon. In one embodiment, the methods... Agent: Raytheon Company

20110162549 - Actuators for gun-fired projectiles and mortars: An actuator stack is provided and having two or more individual actuators stacked in a longitudinal direction. Each of the two or more actuators having a solid detonation charge; a primer for igniting the detonation charge; and detonation wiring for powering the primer; and wherein at least one of the... Agent: Omnitek Partners LLC

20110162550 - Frangible, ceramic-metal composite objects and methods of making the same: In making frangible objects, including lead-free bullets and other projectiles, powdered metal primary and powdered ceramic secondary phases are mixed and densified at an elevated temperature such that the ceramic phase forms a brittle network. Any combination of metal and ceramic phases may be used to achieve desired chemical and... Agent: Ervin Industries, Inc.