IP Library Granted Patent US 10,578,413
Granted Patent B1
US 10,578,413 · App. 15/731,556 · Granted Mar 3, 2020

Bullet projectile with internal electro-mechanical action producing combustion for warfare

Inventor: Douglas Burke (Newport Beach, CA)
Assignee: Douglas Burke
F42C11/04B21K21/06F42B12/06F42B12/34F42B12/74B21K1/025
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Patent No.
US 10,578,413
App. No.
15/731,556
Granted
Mar 3, 2020
Kind
B1
Abstract

A bullet projectile is described with an internal magnetic hammer providing electromagnetic induction upon impact.

Claims (26)

1. A bullet projectile comprising:

a cylindrical hollow fuselage,

a solid cylindrical internal hammer, and

a nose cone,

wherein said cylindrical hollow fuselage has an inner diameter (ID) an outer diameter (OD) and a length (L F ), wherein one end of said cylindrical hollow fuselage is closed and the other end of said cylindrical hollow fuselage is open, wherein said closed end of said cylindrical hollow fuselage faces a back end of said bullet projectile and said open end of said fuselage faces a front end of said bullet projectile,

wherein said solid cylindrical internal hammer is positioned inside said cylindrical hollow fuselage, the solid cylindrical hammer having a length (L H ) less than the length (L F ) and a diameter (D) which is between one mil and ten mils less than the inner diameter (ID), wherein said solid cylindrical internal hammer is free to slide back and forth within said cylindrical hollow fuselage, wherein said solid cylindrical internal hammer is comprised of a material with a permanent magnetic moment,

wherein said nose cone is attached to the open end of said fuselage, wherein said nose cone has a base and said base which contacts the front open end of said cylindrical hollow fuselage, wherein a front end of said nose cone defines the front end of said bullet projectile,

wherein a volume of internal space is defined between a front end of said solid cylindrical internal hammer and the base of said nose cone when said solid cylindrical internal hammer is positioned to be touching the closed end of said cylindrical hollow fuselage,

wherein an explosive material is positioned within said volume of internal space,

wherein said cylindrical hollow fuselage comprises solid walls having a wire forming a cylindrical coil positioned therein, wherein two ends of said wire terminate within said explosive material, and

wherein said solid cylindrical internal hammer is forced to slide to the rear of said bullet when said bullet projectile is accelerated from rest from a launching device, and wherein said hammer is forced to slide towards the front of said bullet projectile when said bullet projectile strikes a target and undergoes deceleration, and wherein the sliding of said solid cylindrical internal magnetic hammer through the inside of said cylindrical coil causes a time changing magnetic flux through the coil resulting in a voltage between said two ends of wire, and

wherein said voltage between said two ends of said wire which are embedded in said explosive material provides a spark discharge serving as a spark detonator to said explosive material, wherein said explosive material and said bullet projectile explodes upon impact with a target.

2. The bullet projectile of claim 1 , wherein said open end of said cylindrical hollow fuselage is closed by said nose cone.

3. The bullet projectile of claim 1 , wherein said cylindrical hollow fuselage is made of a material with a Young's modulus between 190 Gpa and 440 Gpa.

4. The bullet projectile of claim 1 , wherein said solid cylindrical internal hammer material further comprises a metal selected from the group consisting of Lead, Uranium, Tungsten, Gold, Platinum, Mercury, or Iridium.

5. The bullet projectile of claim 1 , wherein said fuselage is made of ceramic and said nose cone is made of copper.

6. The bullet projectile of claim 1 , wherein the front end of said nose cone is pointed.

7. The bullet projectile of claim 1 , wherein the front end of said nose cone is rounded.

8. The bullet projectile of claim 1 , wherein the front end of said nose cone is flat.

9. The bullet projectile of claim 1 , wherein said nose cone is a compound structure consisting of a rounded flat base atop which sits a pointed cone.

10. The bullet projectile of claim 1 , further including a second cylindrical hollow fuselage surrounding said cylindrical hollow fuselage, said second cylindrical hollow fuselage serving to prevent plastic deformation of said cylindrical hollow fuselage.

11. The bullet projectile of claim 1 , further including a second cylindrical hollow fuselage surrounding said cylindrical hollow fuselage, said second cylindrical hollow fuselage serving to prevent any plastic deformation of said cylindrical hollow fuselage which might impede the motion and action of said hammer upon impact, wherein a rear end of said second cylindrical hollow fuselage has a diameter greater than a diameter of a front end of said second cylindrical hollow fuselage.

12. The bullet projectile of claim 1 , wherein said volume of internal space further includes a plurality of objects composed of material which is not explosive wherein said objects are three dimensional and their largest dimension is less than one tenth of the size of said inner diameter (ID).

13. The bullet projectile of claim 1 , wherein the wire forms a helical circular coil and when said solid cylindrical internal hammer moves through said coil in a direction from the rear end of said bullet projectile towards the front end of said bullet projectile an electric field is generated in the wire, the electric field tangent to geometric circles formed by the helical geometric path of said wire, said electric field serving to push a current in the wire in a predetermined direction, wherein said wire comprises a diode, wherein the bias of said diode allows current to flow in said predetermined direction.

14. The bullet of claim 1 , wherein said cylindrical hollow fuselage is made of a material with a hardness between 1.8 and 50 Gpa.

15. The bullet projectile of claim 1 , wherein the wire forms a helical circular coil and when said solid cylindrical internal hammer moves through said coil in a direction from the rear end of said bullet projectile towards the front end of said bullet projectile an electric field is generated in the wire, the electric field tangent to geometric circles formed by the helical geometric path of said wire, said electric field serving to push a current in the wire in a predetermined direction, wherein said wire further includes a diode, wherein the bias of said diode allows current to flow in said predetermined direction, wherein said wire further comprises a Zener diode having a forward bias direction, said Zener diode oriented so that the forward bias direction is opposite said predetermined direction.

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