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US 11,448,488 B2Granted
Metal injection molded ammunition cartridge
AssigneeTrue Velocity IP Holdings, LLC
InventorLonnie Burrow
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Abstract
The present invention provides a metal injection molded ammunition cartridge comprising a metal injection molded bottom portion comprising a primer recess in communication with a primer flash hole that extends into a propellant chamber and a metal injection molded body extending form the metal injection molded bottom portion.
Claims6
A metal injection molded ammunition cartridge consisting of:
- a metal injection molded mid case molded from a metal composition comprising a nose end connection extending toward a base end to form a portion of a propellant chamber;
- a primer recess adapted to accept a primer positioned in the base end;
- a flash hole positioned in the primer recess to pass through the base end into the propellant chamber, wherein the metal composition is selected from the group consisting of stainless steel brass, copper/cobalt/nickel/custom alloys, tungsten, tungsten carbide, carballoy, ferro-tungsten, titaniumcopper, cobalt, nickel, alumina oxide, zirconia, and aluminum;
- a nose comprising a connection end that mates to the nose end connection and a shoulder connected to the connection end to reduce the diameter and end at a projectile aperture;
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- a projectile aperture adapted to receive a projectile.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.