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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2019
U.s. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center, Picatinny Arsenal, Dover, NJ (US);
Daniel Lee Prillaman, Montclair, NJ (US);
Leon Moy, Montclair, NJ (US);
Viral Panchal, Parlin, NJ (US);
Richard Wu, Oakland Gardens, NY (US);
Patrick Mark, Whitestone, NY (US);
Kevin Mulligan, Denville, NJ (US);
Jesse Sunderland, Franklin, NJ (US);
James Grassi, Rockaway, NJ (US);
Jason Wasserman, Oak Ridge, NJ (US);
The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
There is provided a mold apparatus and process whereby a warhead body can be fabricated in a single over molding process which may also include therein metal fragments, metal balls, obturators, boat tails and other aerodynamic features, metal rings and/or threads. Other molds and processes are presented whereby a warhead body may be over molded in a polymer matrix in sequential steps which may include adding therein metal balls, then fragments, and any of obturators, boat tails and other aerodynamic features, metal rings and/or threads, as desired. Still another process for fabricating a warhead body is presented whereby an insert section is first preloaded with metal fragments and covered with a skin, then the insert section is inserted into an oversized area in a mold, and polymer is then loaded around the insert section to form a unitary warhead body.