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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 1976
Filed:
Jan. 02, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bruce W Travor, Holland, PA (US);
Charles M Johnson, Willingboro, NJ (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
102 924 ; 244-31 ;
Abstract
A projectile having mainstream air flow directed to its surface region of rmal air non-attachment during operational flight and in which drag frictional forces in the laminar flow boundary layer region are minimized to produce maximum range. The projectile conical nose has a forward air intake nozzle in fluid communication with a plurality of internal passageways that terminate in outlet ports circumferentially spaced along the rearmost edge of the nose member adjacent the forwardmost external or lateral surface of the projectile main body portion.