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US 10,704,869 B2Granted
Multi-piece polymer ammunition cartridge nose
AssigneeTrue Velocity IP Holdings, LLC
InventorsLonnie Burrow, Christopher William Overton
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Abstract
The present invention provides a polymer nose for a polymeric ammunition cartridge having a generally cylindrical neck having a projectile aperture at a first end, a shoulder comprising a shoulder top connected to the generally cylindrical neck opposite a shoulder bottom, a nose junction positioned around the shoulder bottom, a skirt connected circumferentially about the nose junction to extend away from the shoulder bottom, wherein the nose junction and the skirt are adapted to mate to a base junction in a cartridge.
Claims12
A polymer nose for a polymeric ammunition cartridge comprising:
- a generally cylindrical neck having a projectile aperture at a first end;
- a shoulder comprising a shoulder top connected to the generally cylindrical neck opposite a shoulder bottom;
- a nose junction positioned around the shoulder bottom, wherein the nose junction is a half lap junction, wherein the nose junction is a groove;
- a skirt connected circumferentially about the nose junction to extend away from the shoulder bottom to a skirt point, wherein skirt is positioned adjacent to the groove on the inside of the polymer nose,
- wherein the nose junction and the skirt are adapted to mate flushly to a base junction in a cartridge.
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