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US 7,406,908 B1Granted
Method of making a one-piece loop for ammunition cartridge
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
InventorsEric Goon, Stojan Kotefski
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Abstract
A one-piece metal cartridge loop has no welds and no overlapping parts. The cartridge loop includes a plurality of locking tabs for positioning a cartridge therein. One end of the cartridge loop includes a coupling interface and another end of the cartridge loop includes a coupling support. A method of making the non-welded cartridge loop is disclosed.
Claims7
A method of making a one-piece cartridge loop having no welds and no overlapping parts, comprising:
- providing generally tubular raw material;
- forming an external profile of the loop from the tubular raw material;
- and
- forming mechanical details of the loop.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.