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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:
Jun. 17, 1986
Filed:
Jan. 11, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Frank H Bell, Logan, UT (US);
Assignee:
Thiokol Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
89 143 ;
Abstract
Conventional cannon and tank cannon frequently incorporate a muzzle brake device in order to reduce weapon recoil. Recently tank cannon have acquired the need to eject and disperse infrared (IR) signature masking aerosols, even when the weapon is muzzle brake equipped. The incorporation of an aerosol dispersal feature into a cannon is accomplished by the addition of metallic vortex generators, comprising blades or teeth that extend into the blast stream, to the muzzle brake.