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US 12,742,623 B2Granted
Artillery projectile with segmented body
AssigneeDynamic Systems Research, Inc.
InventorsJoseph Lucero, Danny J. Frew
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Abstract
The present disclosure introduces an apparatus comprising an artillery projectile, the artillery projectile comprising: a body comprising external threads; and a band threaded to the external threads and configured to cooperate with an inner surface of a barrel of an artillery piece to thereby impart rotation to the artillery projectile during launch from the artillery piece.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- an artillery projectile comprising:
- a segmented body at least partially defining a payload chamber and comprising external threads being first threads, said segmented body comprising:
- a first segment with a first open end for receiving a fuze and a second open end having second threads, and
- a second segment having third threads forming a mechanical joint with the second threads;
- and
- a band threaded to the first threads and configured to cooperate with an inner surface of an artillery piece barrel to thereby impart rotation to the artillery projectile during launch from the artillery piece barrel.
3 more elements
A method of manufacturing an artillery projectile, comprising:
- threadedly engaging a band with first threads that extend around a periphery of one of first and second segments of a segmented body of the artillery projectile such that, during launch of the artillery projectile from an artillery piece barrel, the band cooperates with an inner surface of the artillery piece barrel to thereby impart rotation to the artillery projectile;
- and
- forming a mechanical joint between the first and second segments by threadedly engaging second threads of the first segment with third threads of the second segment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.