IP Library Granted Patent US 11,719,522
Granted Patent B2
US 11,719,522 · App. 17/439,931 · Granted Aug 8, 2023

Ammunition body holding device with expandable holding element

Inventors: Roland Spork (Kassel, DE); Matthias Raczek (Kassel, DE); Matthias Czok (Kassel, DE)
Assignee: Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co. KG
F42B39/22F41A9/09F41A9/375
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Patent No.
US 11,719,522
App. No.
17/439,931
Granted
Aug 8, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An ammunition body holding device that includes a holder for holding the ammunition body, in particular a projectile and/or a propellant, wherein the holder has at least one expandable holding element for holding the ammunition body.

Claims (22)

1. An ammunition body holding device, comprising:

a holder for holding an ammunition body, wherein the holder has a plurality of expandable holding elements for holding the ammunition body, wherein at least a first and a second holding element are arranged along a circumference of the holder and at least the second and a third holding element are arranged in an axial direction, wherein the holding elements are configured to be individually controlled for expansion.

2. The ammunition body holding device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the holder can be adapted to different types of ammunition bodies, which are held by the expandable holding elements.

3. The ammunition body holding device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each expandable holding element is expandable through pressure of a fluid, wherein the fluid is introduced into an inside of the associated expandable holding element.

4. The ammunition body holding device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a pressure generator for generating pressure in an inside of each expandable holding element.

5. The ammunition body holding device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a holding force can be set through an adjusted application of pressure in each expandable holding element.

6. The ammunition body holding device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each expandable holding element is expandable in a radial direction.

7. The ammunition body holding device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the ammunition body is clampable in the holder by the expandable holding elements.

8. The ammunition body holding device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the holder has at least two expandable holding elements extending in a radial direction and located along a circumference of the holder.

9. The ammunition body holding device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the expandable holding elements are arranged at ends of the holder and/or at a center of the holder.

10. The ammunition body holding device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each expandable holding element includes an expandable cushion.

11. A handling device for holding and/or moving an ammunition body, the handling device comprising:

an ammunition body holding device having a holder for holding an ammunition body, wherein the holder has a plurality of expandable holding element for holding the ammunition body, wherein at least a first and a second holding element are arranged along a circumference of the holder and at least the second and a third holding element are arranged in an axial direction, wherein the holding elements are configured to be individually controlled for expansion.

12. A weapons system having at least one ammunition body magazine, the weapons system comprising:

an ammunition body holding device having a holder for holding an ammunition body, wherein the holder has a plurality of expandable holding elements for holding the ammunition body, wherein at least a first and a second holding element are arranged along a circumference of the holder and at least the second and a third holding element are arranged in an axial direction, wherein the holding elements are configured to be individually controlled for expansion.

13. The weapons system as claimed in claim 12 , wherein, in order to load the ammunition body magazine, the ammunition body holding device is arranged both in an ammunition flow between the ammunition body magazine and a weapon.

14. The weapons system as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the ammunition body holding device can be used for filling and/or emptying of a propellant and/or a projectile.

15. A method for holding an ammunition body comprising:

providing an ammunition body holding device with a holder; and

providing the holder with a plurality of expandable holding elements for holding the ammunition body, which the expandable holding elements are expanded for holding the ammunition body, wherein at least a first and a second holding element are arranged along a circumference of the holder and at least the second and a third holding element are arranged in an axial direction, wherein the holding elements are configured to be individually controlled for expansion.

16. The method as claimed in claim 15 , further comprising contracting the expandable holding elements to release the ammunition body.

17. The method as claimed in claim 15 , further comprising introducing a fluid into the expandable holding elements and adjusting a pressure in an inside of the expandable holding elements, as a result of which the expandable holding elements are expanded or contracted.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 8, 2024
From: KRAUSS-MAFFEI WEGMANN GMBH & CO. KG
To: KNDS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 069211/0087 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 24, 2021
From: SPORK, ROLAND; RACZEK, MATTHIAS; CZOK, MATTHIAS
To: KRAUSS-MAFFEI WEGMANN GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 057601/0526 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 102019106849.5 · Mar 18, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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