IP Library Granted Patent US 11,248,891
Granted Patent B2
US 11,248,891 · App. 16/900,226 · Granted Feb 15, 2022

Ordnance ballistics deployment system

Inventors: Greg Koontz (Franklin, VA); Evan Parker (Newsoms, VA); Neil Brennan (Newport News, VA); William Pocan (Chesapeake, VA)
Assignee: Insights International Holdings, LLC
F42B12/365
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Patent No.
US 11,248,891
App. No.
16/900,226
Granted
Feb 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronics ordnance delivery system that has an electronics component encased within a potting material, which itself is within a housing exoskeleton. A deceleration sleeve receives the exoskeleton, and is designed to shear away during a bullet's entry into a target body such that the electronics component is successfully deployed and remains in the target even if a part of the bullet exits the target. The system also includes an outer jacket that is also designed to shear away. The system can include a core that assists in the deployment of the electronics ordnance within the target.

Claims (17)

1. An electronics ordnance delivery system, comprising:

an electronics component encased within a potting material;

a housing exoskeleton dimensioned to receive the electronics component within the potting material;

an outer jacket dimensioned to fit around the housing exoskeleton, the outer jacket including a plurality of weakened lines along a side surface, the weakened lines extending rearwardly from affront end of the outer jacket, such that the outer jacket fans out along the weakened lines and separates from the housing exoskeleton after the delivery system enters a target; and

a core dimensioned to be inserted into a front end of the outer jacket such that a deformation of the core exerts an outward force that causes the fanning of the outer jacket along the weakened lines during entry into the target.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a deceleration sleeve dimensioned to receive the housing exoskeleton and fit within the outer jacket, the deceleration sleeve including a plurality of grooves disposed on a side surface and extending rearwardly from a front end of the deceleration sleeve.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of weakened lines are disposed on the side surface of the outer jacket such that they align with the plurality of grooves of the deceleration sleeve when the deceleration sleeve is inserted into the outer jacket.

4. The system of claim 2 , further comprising a core dimensioned to be inserted into the front end of the deceleration sleeve.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the core has a rounded tip shape.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the core has a hollow point tip shape.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the core has a flat tip shape.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the core is made from one or more of lead, copper, steel, composite, or copper.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the housing exoskeleton is made at least in part from aluminum or stainless steel.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the potting material is a polymer.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the electronics component comprises a location determination device and a transmitter, and further comprising an antenna communicatively coupled with the transmitter.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the transmitter is at least one of a WiFi transmitter, a Bluetooth transmitter, an RF transmitter, an NFC transmitter, or a cellular transmitter.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the weakened lines comprise serrated lines.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2021
From: PARKER, EVAN; POCAN, WILLIAM; KOONTZ, GREG; BRENNAN, NEIL
To: INSIGHTS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, LLC, DBA NANTRAK INDUSTRIES
Reel/Frame 058340/0322 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62860639 · Jun 12, 2019
Related Publication 20210285748A1 · Sep 16, 2021
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