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US 12,523,453 B2Granted
Projectiles and projectile deployment systems
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsAndrew Heafitz, Laura Katarina Berk, Felipe Bohorquez
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Abstract
A projectile includes a shell defining a cavity and one or more retainers. A bolo is disposed within the cavity and a backplate is engaged with the one or more retainers. The backplate is configured to separate from the shell to release the bolo in response to imbalanced forces resulting from deploying the projectile.
Claims33
A projectile comprising:
- a shell defining a cavity and one or more retainers;
- a bolo disposed within the cavity;
- and
- a backplate engaged with the one or more retainers and configured to separate from the shell to release the bolo in response to imbalanced forces resulting from deploying the projectile.
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A system comprising:
- a barrel comprising a breech and a muzzle;
- an ammunition feed system coupled to the barrel and configured to provide projectiles to the breech of the barrel;
- and
- one or more projectiles disposed within the ammunition feed system, the one or more projectiles comprising:
- a shell defining a cavity and one or more retainers;
- a bolo disposed within the cavity;
- and
- a backplate engaged with the one or more retainers and configured to separate from the shell to release the bolo in response to imbalanced forces resulting from deploying the projectile.
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A method of operation of a projectile, the method comprising:
- responsive to high-pressure gas during deployment of a projectile from a barrel:
- disengaging a backplate of the projectile from one or more retainers of a shell of the projectile to enable introduction of a portion of the high-pressure gas into a cavity defined by the shell;
- and
- moving the projectile along the barrel toward a muzzle of the barrel;
- and
- responsive to an internal pressure of the shell sufficiently exceeding a pressure behind the backplate, separating the backplate from the shell to deploy a bolo disposed within the shell.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.