IP Library Granted Patent US 11,435,171
Granted Patent B2
US 11,435,171 · App. 16/270,196 · Granted Sep 6, 2022

Device and method of determining the force required to remove a projectile from an ammunition cartridge

Inventors: Lonnie Burrow (Carrollton, TX); Tucker Siuts (Garland, TX)
Assignee: True Velocity IP Holdings, LLC
F42B35/02F42B33/06G01L5/0028G01L5/0033F42B35/00
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Patent No.
US 11,435,171
App. No.
16/270,196
Granted
Sep 6, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention includes a device for determining the force necessary for the separation of a bullet from an ammunition cartridge comprising a chamber housing having central bore extending from a lower housing end to an upper housing end and terminating at a upper aperture, wherein the central bore comprises a chamber diameter adapted to accept an ammunition cartridge and that the bullet partially extends from the upper aperture; a frustaconical shape shoulder in the central bore at the upper housing end to reduce the chamber diameter to mate to an ammunition cartridge shoulder; a neck that connects the upper aperture to the frustaconical shape shoulder adapted to accept an ammunition cartridge neck; a cartridge retention lip within the upper aperture adapted to contact an ammunition cartridge bullet aperture; a chamber mount adapted to connect the chamber housing and a testing device; a bullet securing device comprising a bullet securing end to secure the bullet and a bullet securing device mount adapted to connect to the testing device; a moving mechanism to move the bullet securing device away from the chamber housing; a sensor in communication with the moving mechanism to measure a force exerted by the moving mechanism; and a display in communication with the sensor to display and or record the force.

Claims (30)

1. A device for determining the force necessary for the separation of a bullet from an ammunition cartridge comprising:

a chamber housing having a central bore extending from a lower housing end to an upper housing end and terminating at a upper aperture through the upper housing end, wherein the central bore comprises a chamber diameter adapted to accept an ammunition cartridge and that the bullet partially extends from the upper aperture; a frustaconical shape shoulder in the central bore at the upper housing end to reduce the chamber diameter to mate to an ammunition cartridge shoulder; a neck that connects the upper aperture to the frustaconical shape shoulder adapted to accept an ammunition cartridge neck; a cartridge retention lip within the upper aperture adapted to contact an ammunition cartridge bullet aperture;

a chamber mount adapted to connect the chamber housing to a testing device surface;

a bullet securing device comprising a bullet securing end to secure the bullet and a bullet securing device mount adapted to connect to the testing device;

a moving mechanism to move the bullet securing device away from the chamber housing;

a sensor in communication with the moving mechanism to measure a force exerted by the moving mechanism; and

a display in communication with the sensor to display and or record the force.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the chamber mount attaches to a platform.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the chamber mount comprises a housing adaptor that connects the chamber mount to a platform.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the bullet securing device comprises a collet, a clamp, a vice, chuck, or any other mechanism.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the central bore accepts a caliber selected from 17, 22, .22-250, .223, .243, .25-06, .270, .300, .30-30, .30-40, 30.06, .300, .303, .308, .338, .357, .38, .380, .40, .44, .45, .45-70, .50 BMG, 5.45 mm, 5.56 mm, 6.5 mm, 6.8 mm, 7 mm, 7.62 mm, 8 mm, 9 mm, 10 mm, 12.7 mm, 14.5 mm, 20 mm, 25 mm, 30 mm, 40 mm and others.

6. A method of determining the force necessary for the separation of a bullet from an ammunition cartridge comprising the steps of:

providing a chamber housing comprising a central bore extending from a lower housing end to an upper housing end and terminating at a upper aperture through the upper housing end, wherein the central bore comprises a chamber diameter adapted to accept an ammunition cartridge and that the bullet partially extends from the upper aperture; a frustaconical shape shoulder in the central bore at the upper housing end to reduce the chamber diameter to mate to an ammunition cartridge shoulder; a neck that connects the upper aperture to the frustaconical shape shoulder adapted to accept an ammunition cartridge neck; a cartridge retention lip within the upper aperture adapted to contact an ammunition cartridge bullet aperture;

inserting the ammunition cartridge into the central bore to extend the bullet through the upper aperture;

securing the chamber housing to a platform;

connecting a bullet securing device to the bullet such that the bull is connected to the bullet securing device;

wherein the bullet securing device is in communication with a moving mechanism to move the bullet securing device away from the chamber housing;

a sensor in communication with the bullet securing device to measure one or more properties of the movement of the bullet securing device relative to the chamber housing;

moving the bullet securing device away from the chamber housing;

separating the bullet from the ammunition cartridge; and

recording the one or more properties that correlates to the separation of the bullet from the cartridge.

7. The method of claim 3 , further comprising the step of displaying the one or more properties to a display.

8. The method of claim 3 , further comprising the step of comparing the one or more properties to a standard or reference.

9. The method of claim 3 , wherein the sensor measures a force, a distance or a combination thereof.

10. The method of claim 3 , further comprising a display in communication with the sensor to display the one or more properties.

11. The method of claim 3 , wherein the chamber housing is inserted into a platform adaptor that connects the housing to the platform.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the chamber housing and the platform adaptor comprise a groove and tab configuration, a slot or a combination thereof.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the chamber housing is slidably connected to the platform adaptor.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the chamber housing is connected to the platform adaptor by one or more fasteners.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the central bore accepts a caliber selected from 17, 22, .22-250, .223, .243, .25-06, .270, .300, .30-30, .30-40, 30.06, .300, .303, .308, .338, .357, .38, .380, .40, .44, .45, .45-70, .50 BMG, 5.45 mm, 5.56 mm, 6.5 mm, 6.8 mm, 7 mm, 7.62 mm, 8 mm, 9 mm, 10 mm, 12.7 mm, 14.5 mm, 20 mm, 25 mm, 30 mm, 40 mm and others.

Assignments (3)
ENTITY CONVERSION Recorded Nov 14, 2024
From: TRUE VELOCITY IP HOLDINGS, LLC
To: TRUE VELOCITY IP HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 069385/0631 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2022
From: TRUE VELOCITY IP HOLDINGS, LLC
To: SILVERPEAK CREDIT PARTNERS, LP
Reel/Frame 059110/0730 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 5, 2019
From: BURROW, LONNIE; SIUTS, TUCKER
To: TRUE VELOCITY IP HOLDINGS, LLC
Reel/Frame 048505/0312 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62630515 · Feb 14, 2018
Related Publication 20190249967A1 · Aug 15, 2019