IP Library Granted Patent US 12,305,965
Granted Patent B2
US 12,305,965 · App. 17/618,318 · Granted May 20, 2025

Projectile, in particular deformation and/or partial fragmentation projectile, and method for producing a projectile

Inventor: Florian Spanner (Nuremberg, DE)
Assignee: RUAG Ammotec GmbH
F42B12/367F42B12/34F42B33/00
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Patent No.
US 12,305,965
App. No.
17/618,318
Granted
May 20, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a projectile, in particular deformation and/or partial fragmentation bullet, comprising an essentially cylindrical projectile tail, an adjoining bow sided projectile head with an essentially central opening which opens into a cavity that extends axially from the projectile head in the direction of the projectile tail, preferably into the projectile tail, which has a cavity bottom and is bounded by a wall, and an tear-off groove introduced into the wall and, at least partially surroundings the cavity, which is arranged at a distance of at least 10% of the longitudinal extension of the cavity from the cavity bottom and has a radial depth of at least 10% of a caliber diameter and/or of at least 30% of a radial wall thickness of the wall surrounding the cavity.

Claims (10)

1. A projectile, comprising a substantially cylindrical projectile tail, a forwardly disposed projectile head with a substantially central opening which opens into a cavity that extends axially from the projectile head in the direction of the projectile tail, which has a cavity bottom and is bounded by a wall, and an tear-off groove introduced into the wall and at least partially surrounding the cavity, which is arranged at a distance of at least 10% of a longitudinal extension of the cavity from the cavity bottom and has a radial depth of at least 10% of a caliber diameter of the projectile and/or of at least 30% of a radial wall thickness of the wall surrounding the cavity.

2. The projectile according to claim 1 , wherein at the transition between projectile tail and projectile head, a circumferential chamfer is formed, at which a diameter with respect to the projectile center axis of the projectile continuously decreases.

3. The projectile according to claim 1 , wherein the cavity extends by at least 30% of a longitudinal length of the projectile.

4. The projectile according to claim 1 , wherein the cavity widens substantially continuously starting from the opening up to an axial position of the tear-off groove, at which the cavity tapers continuously and/or wherein the cavity has a substantially drop shape.

5. The projectile according to claim 1 , wherein the tear-off groove is substantially formed U-shaped or V-shaped.

6. The projectile according to claim 5 , wherein the tear-off groove comprises a projectile head sided flank, a projectile tail sided flank, and a groove bottom connecting the projectile head sided flank and the projectile tail sided flank, wherein the projectile head sided flank and/or the projectile tail sided flank is curved and/or wherein the groove bottom is formed by a radius and/or wherein a transition between projectile head sided flank and/or projectile tail sided flank and groove bottom is formed by a radius.

7. The projectile according to claim 6 , wherein an opening angle between projectile head sided flank and projectile tail sided flank starting from the groove bottom is in the range from 10° to 90°.

8. The projectile according to claim 5 , wherein the tear-off groove comprises a projectile head sided flank, a projectile tail sided flank, and a groove bottom connecting the projectile head sided flank and the projectile tail sided flank, wherein the projectile head sided flank and/or the projectile tail sided flank extends rectilinearly in the direction of the groove bottom and/or wherein the groove bottom is formed by a base surface oriented substantially parallel to the projectile center axis and/or wherein a transition between projectile head sided flank and/or projectile tail sided flank and groove bottom is formed by an edge.

9. The projectile according to claim 1 , wherein the tear-off groove is divided into at least two groove segments arranged at a distance from one another in the circumferential direction and/or in the axial direction with respect to the projectile central axis, wherein in particular at least three separate groove segments are distributed uniformly in the circumferential direction with respect to the projectile central axis and/or wherein two adjacent groove segments are each connected to one another by a wall web.

10. The projectile according to claim 1 , wherein the cavity that extends axially from the projectile head into the projectile tail.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2025
From: SPANNER, FLORIAN
To: RUAG AMMOTEC GMBH
Reel/Frame 070781/0175 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 25, 2024
From: RUAG AMMOTEC GMBH
To: RWS GMBH
Reel/Frame 067223/0122 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2019 116 125.8 · Jun 13, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240302145A1 · Sep 12, 2024
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