Spinning projectile equipped with an electromagnetic ignition current generator
AssigneeWerkzeugmaschinenfabrik Oerlikon-Buhrle AG
InventorPanayotis Karayannis
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Abstract
A spinning projectile containing an electromagnetic ignition current generator, comprising a fuze housing with an inner generator component fixed at the housing and possessing an armature coil and an outer generator component provided with a field magnet. A bearing arrangement having two bearing bodies is housed in a recess of the fuze housing, one of the bearing bodies being arranged at the fuze housing and the other forming part of the outer generator component. Both of the bearing bodies are substantially ring-shaped and possess essentially the diameter of the field magnet and form a bearing means for centering the field magnet. The fuze housing possesses a wall portion which bounds the inside of the recess which is constructed as a circumferential groove.
Claims8
A spinning projectile for firing from a weapon barrel and of the type equipped with an electromagnetic ignition current generator, comprising a rotatable fuze housing, an inner generator component fixedly arranged at said rotatable fuze housing for rotation therewith while the spinning projectile is in the barrel of the weapon firing of such spinning projectile, an armature coil provided for the inner generator component, an outer generator component provided with a field magnet, said fuze housing having a recess defining a peripheral groove, bearing means incorporating two bearing bodies housed in the recess of the fuze housing, one of the bearing bodies being arranged at the fuze housing and the other bearing body forming part of the outer generator component, both of the bearing bodies having a substantially ring-shaped configuration and further having essentially the diameter of said field magnet and form a bearing means for centering the field magnet, and the fuze housing having a wall portion bounding at its inside the peripheral groove formed by the recess.
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