Multipurpose projectile apparatus, method of manufacture, and method of use thereof
OwnerAustin Thomas Jonesinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed is a projectile comprising: (1) a metal core, such as a copper alloy core, including a base and a tip, where the base and the tip are separated by a core length along a z-axis running longitudinally through a center of the metal core; and (2) a jacket circumferentially attached to the metal core, the jacket surrounding at least fifty percent of the core length of the metal core, where the jacket includes: a polymer and a first jacket radial thickness along at least a section of an interquartile portion of the core length of greater than 0.03 inches.
Claims24
An apparatus, comprising:
- a projectile, comprising:
- (a) a metal core comprising a base and a tip, said base and said tip separated by a core length along a z-axis, said z-axis running longitudinally through a center of said metal core;
- and,
- (b) a jacket circumferentially attached to said metal core, said jacket surrounding at least fifty percent of the core length of said metal core, said jacket comprising a polymer, a first jacket radial thickness along at least a section of an interquartile portion of said core length of greater than 0.03 inches, and less than twenty-five percent of a total mass of said projectile.
A method of assembling a projectile comprising the steps of:
- producing a metal core comprising a base and a tip, said base and said tip separated by a core length along a z-axis, said z-axis running longitudinally through a center of said metal core;
- producing a polymer jacket comprising a base section attached to a hollow cylindrical section with a first jacket radial thickness along at least a section of said cylindrical section of greater than 0.03 inches;
- applying an adhesive to a floor of said base section at a location that is within said hollow cylindrical section;
- positioning the metal core within said cylindrical core without a interference-fitted connection thereto such that said jacket surrounds at least fifty percent of the core length of said metal core and such that said adhesive forms a layer bonding an outer surface of said metal core to an inner joint surface of said jacket.
A projectile defined by:
- a metal core that is geometrically defined by tip and a cylinder at the base, where said tip features an outer surface that is seamlessly joined to the outer surface of the cylinder, where the cone and cylinder share a diameter and a coaxis;
- a polymer jacket that features a cylindrical receptacle wherein the metal core is disposed, said jacket further featuring a tip defined around the cylindrical receptacle, wherein the tip is defined by an angled edge of the cylindrical receptacle and extends forward of the outer surface of the cylinder such that a cavity or hallow is formed;
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- wherein the diameter of the cylindrical receptacle is configured to expand by more than one-hundred percent when the tip of the jacket contacts an unarmored target and wherein the tip of the metal core is configured to penetrate an armored target.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.