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US 10,969,206 B1Granted
Radio frequency antenna for use in the confines of a breech
AssigneeU.S. Government as represented by the Secretary of the Army
InventorsGregory Burke, Viral Panchal, James Zunino, Stephen Bartolucci, Daniel Schmidt, Giuseppe Di Benedetto
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Abstract
A weapon system effectively, efficiently and safely transmits high energy radio frequency energy into the confines of the breech environment to initiate propelling charges. Legacy components are leveraged, along with advanced manufacturing techniques, to create antenna structures which transmit the radio frequency energy throughout the breech to initiate radio frequency-based primers.
Claims16
A munition cartridge comprising:
- a case defining an interior volume;
- a fuzed projectile seated within the case;
- a propelling charge housed within the interior volume of the case;
- a radio frequency interface component for coupling received radio frequency energy from an exterior of the case to the interior volume of the case;
- a transmitting antenna located within the interior volume of the case, the transmitting antenna in communication with the radio frequency interface and transmitting the received radio frequency energy throughout the interior volume;
- a piccolo tube extending from an interior base of the case into the interior volume and wherein the transmitting antenna is disposed on a surface of the piccolo tube;
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- a radio frequency ignitor for utilizing the transmitted radio frequency energy to ignite the propelling charge.
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A propelling charge case comprising:
- an interior volume;
- one or more propelling charges housed within the interior volume;
- a radio frequency interface component for coupling received radio frequency energy from an exterior of the propelling charge case to the interior volume of the propelling charge case;
- a transmitting antenna disposed on an interior surface of the propelling charge case, the transmitting antenna in communication with the radio frequency interface and transmitting the received radio frequency energy throughout the interior volume;
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- a radio frequency ignitor for utilizing the transmitted radio frequency energy to ignite the one or more propelling charges.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.