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US 12,442,628 B2Granted
Multifunctional composite projectiles and methods of manufacturing the same
AssigneeSmart Nanos, LLC
InventorsRobert Folaron, Howard D. Kent, Jennifer Folaron
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Abstract
Composite projectiles include various material compositions, diameters, and cavities within the projectiles having a variety of cavity diameters, sidewalls, and bottoms selected and formed to induce different levels of penetration and disintegration of the composite projectiles upon impact with targets.
Claims5
A molded frangible composite projectile, comprising:
- a leading end;
- a trailing end, the leading and trailing ends being monolithically molded from a mixture including 85-95% metallic particles and less than 10% of a polymer;
- a projectile diameter;
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- a cavity formed within the composite projectile, the cavity defining a cavity opening, a cavity depth, a cavity diameter, a cavity sidewall, and a cavity bottom and being configured to induce pressure within the cavity and disintegration of the composite projectile upon impact with a target, the cavity opening being at least concentric with the cavity sidewall.
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