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US 12,305,966 B2Granted
Disruptive projectiles and method of making the same
AssigneeRoborounds, LLC
InventorCharles Barton Bollfrass
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Abstract
A disruptive projectile for use with a pneumatic weapon or similar device can include a shell defining an interior volume, the shell being frangible on impact with a target. The interior volume may be provided with a flexible line that may be arranged to extend and/or expand when released from the frangible shell on impact with the target, increasing an effective impact zone on the target. The flexible line may entangle with or otherwise impede operation of a rotatable element of the target.
Claims19
A projectile comprising:
- a shell defining an interior volume within, the shell configured to rupture upon impact with a target;
- and
- a flexible line contained within the interior volume of the shell;
- wherein the flexible line comprises a core material surrounded by a peripheral material, the core material having a greater hardness than the peripheral material.
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A projectile comprising:
- a shell defining an interior volume within, the shell configured to rupture upon impact with a target;
- and
- a flexible line contained within the interior volume of the shell;
- wherein the flexible line comprises a ball-chain, the ball-chain comprising a plurality of ball segments and a plurality of links, each of the plurality of ball segments being connected to another of the plurality of ball segments by one of the plurality of links,
- wherein at least one of the plurality of ball segments encloses an inhibiting substance, the inhibiting substance comprising a lubricant material, a conductive material, a piezoelectric material, and/or a radiation impeding material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.