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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2017
Sig Sauer, Inc., Newington, NH (US);
Jason Imhoff, Newington, NH (US);
Ethan Lessard, East Kingston, NH (US);
Sig Sauer, Inc., Newington, NH (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the hingeable ogive projectile disclosed herein include a projectile comprising a nose portion comprising a plurality of slits, the plurality of slits being cut from an outer surface of the nose portion to a central cavity of the nose portion and an open space formed in a meplat at a distal end of the nose portion. The hingeable ogive projectile disclosed herein may be configured to switch from a non-deformed configuration during firing and a deformed configured upon impact with a target. Longitudinal compression of the nose portion causes the nose portion to expand radially and causes a plurality of petals to form from material in the nose portion between consecutive slits. Radial expansion and longitudinal compression of the nose portion cause buckling of a plurality of petals at a hinge point on each of the plurality of petals.