Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Monolithic fragmentation casing with tunnel pattern
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Application No.: US15530020Application Date: 2016-11-22
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Publication No.: US10731958B1Publication Date: 2020-08-04
- Inventor: Kevin Genson
- Applicant: Department of the Navy
- Applicant Address: US DC Washington
- Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Current Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Current Assignee Address: US DC Washington
- Agent Fredric J. Zimmerman
- Main IPC: F42B12/22
- IPC: F42B12/22 ; F42B33/00

Abstract:
A fragmentation casing is defined by a monolithic tube having a solid radial wall and a pattern of tunnels defined in the solid radial wall. The tunnels may be filled with air, a powder that is a powdered form of the material used to make the solid radial wall, or a solid material that is the same as the solid radial wall but whose mechanical attributes differ from those of the solid radial wall.
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