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United States Patent | 7,360,489 |
Han , et al. | April 22, 2008 |
A non-lethal cargo projectile comprises a projectile body; a fuze adapter attached to a front of the projectile body; a fuze attached to the fuze adapter; a boattail attached to a rear of the projectile body; a pressure tube extending from the fuze adapter to the boattail; a decelerator and drogue chute disposed aft of the fuze adapter; a flexible line that connects the pressure tube to the decelerator; a center disc disposed aft of the decelerator and drogue chute; a rear disc disposed aft of the center disc, the center disc and the rear disc defining a payload volume therebetween; a second flexible line that connects the rear disc to the boattail; at least one shearable fastener that fastens the projectile body to the fuze adapter; and at least one vent extending from the boattail to the fuze adapter.
Inventors: | Han; Seungeuk (Fort Lee, NJ), Trohanowsky; Raymond (Franklin, NJ), Ponikowski; Andew (Bangor, PA) |
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Assignee: |
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
(Washington,
DC)
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Family ID: | 39310055 |
Appl. No.: | 11/278,556 |
Filed: | April 4, 2006 |
Application Number | Filing Date | Patent Number | Issue Date | ||
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60594479 | Apr 12, 2005 | ||||
Current U.S. Class: | 102/445; 102/444; 102/498; 102/502; 102/504; 89/1.35 |
Current CPC Class: | F42B 10/56 (20130101); F42B 12/60 (20130101) |
Current International Class: | F42B 12/36 (20060101) |
Field of Search: | ;102/444,445,498,502,504 ;89/1.35 |
3633507 | January 1972 | Morley et al. |
3791300 | February 1974 | Prochnow et al. |
4972776 | November 1990 | Shumaker et al. |
5661257 | August 1997 | Nielson et al. |
5684267 | November 1997 | Dean |
5973994 | October 1999 | Woodall |
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