IP Library Granted Patent US 9,885,552
Granted Patent B2
US 9,885,552 · App. 15/121,252 · Granted Feb 6, 2018

Bonded deformation bullet

Inventor: Bernd Krause (Nürnberg, DE)
Assignee: RUAG AMMOTEC GMBH
F42B12/34F42B12/74F42B12/78F42B30/02F42B33/00
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Patent No.
US 9,885,552
App. No.
15/121,252
Granted
Feb 6, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a method for producing a deformation bullet, consisting of a projectile core made from lead in a tombac jacket. So that the performance of the bullet, such as the accuracy, deformation and energy transfer in the target medium can be adjusted and a homogeneous core of the bullet is created, the structure of which has a predefined breaking point on the center axis of the bullet, the following method steps are suggested: a. manufacture of a cup-shaped tombac jacket, introduction of lead into the tombac jacket and soldering of the lead with the tombac jacket in order to produce a blank, b. introduction of a pre-existing defect into the lead of the blank by pressing a die displaceable on the center axis of the blank into the lead and then removing the die, c. final pressing of the blank into the final shape of the deformation bullet with outer longitudinal grooves on the ogive and with a rear inner cone 6 , wherein a pressing force larger than 7000 N is used during the final pressing process.

Claims (13)

1. A method for producing a deformation bullet comprising a bullet core made from lead in a tombac jacket, the method comprising the following steps:

a) manufacturing a cup-shaped tombac jacket, introducing lead into the tombac jacket and soldering the lead with the tombac jacket in order to produce a blank, then

b) introducing a pre-existing defect into the lead of the blank by pressing a die displaceable on the center axis of the blank into the lead and then removing the die, and then

c) final pressing the blank into the final shape of the deformation bullet and providing the deformation bullet with outer longitudinal grooves on its ogive and with a rear inner cone, wherein a pressing force larger than 7,000 N is used during the final pressing process.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the lead used is pure lead and a jacket of CuZn3-CuZn15 is used as the tombac jacket.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a cylindrical die with a front tip is used as the die.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising controlling:

a) depth, number and length of the outer longitudinal grooves on the ogive;

b) depth, diameter and shape of the pre-existing defect; and

c) pressing force during pressing of the final shape of the deformation bullet to adjust precision and action of the bullet.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in the step of final pressing, pressing the blank into the final shape of the deformation bullet and providing the deformation bullet with outer longitudinal grooves on its ogive and with a rear inner cone are done in one pressing operation.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in the step of final pressing, pressing the blank into the final shape of the deformation bullet and providing the deformation bullet with outer longitudinal grooves on its ogive and with a rear inner cone are done by a plurality of pressing operations.

7. A deformation bullet comprising a bullet core made of lead in a tombac jacket, with outer longitudinal grooves on its ogive and with a rear inner cone, produced by the method according to claim 1 , wherein the bullet core is a homogeneous bullet core, the structure of which has a predefined breaking point along a center axis of the bullet.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 25, 2024
From: RUAG AMMOTEC GMBH
To: RWS GMBH
Reel/Frame 067223/0122 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2017
From: KRAUSE, BERND
To: RUAG AMMOTEC GMBH
Reel/Frame 044366/0013 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2014 002 441 · Feb 25, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160363424A1 · Dec 15, 2016