公开(公告)号：US20240361110A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-31

申请号：US18308994

申请日：2023-04-28

Applicant: Raytheon Company

Inventor： Coulton T. Sadler ,  Brian J. Lukow ,  Christopher Matthew Turner

IPC: F42B12/20 ,  F42B12/16 ,  F42B12/32

CPC classification number: F42B12/208 ,  F42B12/16 ,  F42B12/32

Abstract: A munition has an explosive charge with direction explosive characteristics, such as a nonuniform detonation velocities. The explosive charge may have multiple portions of explosives with nonuniform characteristics, and/or may have portions with graded nonuniform characteristics. The explosive charge may be used to propel a material from the munition in a desired manner. For example the material may be fragments that are part of a fragmentation munition. Alternatively the material may be a layer of a material, such as a metal, that produces an explosively formed penetrator or shaped charge. The explosive charge may be configured to control the spread and/or direction of the material to be propelled from the munition.