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US 10,209,045 B2Granted
Non-jacketed expandable bullet and method of manufacturing a non-jacketed expandable bullet
AssigneeContinuous Metal Technology, Inc.
InventorTimothy G. Smith
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Abstract
A non-jacketed expandable bullet including a monolithic sintered body. The monolithic sintered body includes a base portion and a deformed hollow nose portion extending distally from a distal end of the base portion. Also, a method of manufacturing a non-jacketed expandable bullet including providing a monolithic sintered body including a base portion and a hollow peripheral portion extending distally from a distal end of the base portion and forming the hollow peripheral portion into the shape of a hollow tapered nose.
Claims19
A non-jacketed expandable bullet, comprising:
- a monolithic sintered body comprising:
- a base portion having a proximal end and a distal end;
- and
- a deformed hollow nose portion extending distally from the distal end of the base portion,
- wherein the base portion has a circular transverse cross-section, a distal portion of the base portion is tapered axially inwardly in a distally extending direction such that a transverse cross-sectional area of the distal portion of the base portion decreases in a direction from the proximal end of the base portion toward the distal end of the base portion, and a proximal portion of the base portion has a constant cross-sectional area,
- the deformed hollow nose portion comprises a proximal end, a distal end, and a sidewall between the proximal end and the distal end, and
- the sidewall defines an internal cavity and at least a portion of an inner surface of the internal cavity tapers inwardly in a direction extending from the proximal end of the deformed hollow portion toward the distal end of the deformed hollow portion.
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A non-jacketed expandable bullet, comprising:
- a monolithic sintered body comprising:
- a base portion having a proximal end and a distal end;
- and
- a deformed hollow nose portion extending distally from the distal end of the base portion,
- wherein the entire base portion of the monolithic sintered body tapers axially inwardly in a distally extending direction such that a transverse cross-sectional area of the distal portion of the base portion of the monolithic sintered body decreases in a direction from the proximal end of the base portion of the monolithic sintered body toward the distal end of the base portion of the monolithic sintered body;
- the deformed hollow nose portion comprises a proximal end, a distal end, and a sidewall between the proximal end and the distal end, and the sidewall defines an internal cavity and at least a portion of an inner surface of the internal cavity tapers inwardly in a direction extending from the proximal end of the deformed hollow portion toward the distal end of the deformed hollow portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.