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US 5,474,256 AGranted
Combustible fin protection device
AssigneeThe United States of American as represented by the Secretary of the Army
InventorJames M. Garner
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Abstract
A combustible fin protection device (10) for protecting the fin planforms 01) on a finned projectile (100) wherein the device (10) comprises a cover member (20) fabricated from a combustible material (21) and dimensioned to envelop the fin planform (101) to protect the fin planform (101) from elevated temperatures and propellant grain impacts during the in-bore transit of the projectile.
Claims4
A combustible fin protection device for an ordnance projectile equipped with fin planforms, the improvement therein comprising:
- prefabricated, combustible, fin cover members provided with a slot dimensioned to receive, envelop and frictionally adhere to the fin planforms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.