Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Low-collateral damage directed fragmentation munition
- Patent Title (中): 低附带伤害导向分裂弹药
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Application No.: US14337643Application Date: 2014-07-22
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Publication No.: US09243876B1Publication Date: 2016-01-26
- Inventor: Brian S. Botthof , Kim L. Christianson , Henri Y. Kim , Garrett L. Hall
- Applicant: Raytheon Company
- Applicant Address: US MA Waltham
- Assignee: Raytheon Company
- Current Assignee: Raytheon Company
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Waltham
- Agency: Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP
- Main IPC: F42B12/22
- IPC: F42B12/22

Abstract:
A directed munition has a non-fragmentation casing, and an explosive within the casing that is configured to propel fragments out an opening of the casing when the explosive is detonated. The casing may be made of a material that does not produce lethal or injurious fragments when the explosive is detonated. The explosive may include an insensitive explosive portion that creates the shape of an explosive front, and a secondary explosive containing a more energetic explosive, which is closer to the fragments than the insensitive explosive portion. There may be more of the insensitive explosive than the relatively energetic explosive. The munition may have a ring that is operatively coupled to the fragments, to aid in directing the fragments out of the casing opening in a desired direction. The ring may be made of a material that does not produce injurious fragments when the explosive is detonated.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160025467A1 LOW-COLLATERAL DAMAGE DIRECTED FRAGMENTATION MUNITION Public/Granted day:2016-01-28
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