Ammunition and explosives – Projectiles – Nonlethal or deterrent
Reexamination Certificate
2007-04-24
2007-04-24
Clement, Michelle (Department: 3641)
Ammunition and explosives
Projectiles
Nonlethal or deterrent
C102S444000, C102S443000, C102S447000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10711121
ABSTRACT:
A non-lethal ammunition utilizes dense powder ballast and a two-stage firing sequence for launching non-lethal projectiles of a caliber range from approximately 5.56 mm through approximately 40 mm. The non-lethal ammunition comprises a non-lethal cartridge. The non-lethal cartridge comprises a dense powder ballast and one or more non-lethal projectiles. The dense powder ballast is more massive than the non-lethal projectile providing sufficient payload mass to operate the weapon mechanism while launching the non-lethal projectile at velocities compatible with non-lethal applications. A two-stage ignition system fires the non-lethal ammunition and subsequently fires the more massive dense powder ballast. The firing events are separated by a time delay of less than a second. The non-lethal ammunition provides non-lethal projectile capability for semi-automatic and automatic weapons. Rifling imparts sufficient spin to the ballast material to efficiently disperse the dense powder upon muzzle exit and decelerate the ballast cup and contents to an “eye safe” non-lethal velocity at the target. The cartridge case may be smooth bore for use in rifled barrels, or may be rifled for use in smooth bore barrels.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1920075 (1933-07-01), Haenichen
patent: 3090309 (1963-05-01), Burns, Jr.
patent: 3349707 (1967-10-01), Wortley, Jr. et al.
patent: 3435769 (1969-04-01), Germershausen
patent: 3517619 (1970-06-01), Niemann
patent: 3570406 (1971-03-01), Frey et al.
patent: 3724378 (1973-04-01), Knight et al.
patent: 4716835 (1988-01-01), Leemans
patent: 5247889 (1993-09-01), Luebbers
patent: 5375529 (1994-12-01), Knight et al.
patent: 6324984 (2001-12-01), Dindl
patent: 6722283 (2004-04-01), Dindl et al.
patent: 7021219 (2006-04-01), Dindl
patent: 7025001 (2006-04-01), Brunn
patent: 2005/0183612 (2005-08-01), Huffman
Clement Michelle
Sachs Michael C.
United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the
LandOfFree
Non-lethal ammunition utilizing a dense powder ballast and a... does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Non-lethal ammunition utilizing a dense powder ballast and a..., we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Non-lethal ammunition utilizing a dense powder ballast and a... will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-3783760