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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:
Nov. 03, 1987
Filed:
Jul. 27, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jurgen Bocker, Oberhausen, DE;
Assignee:
Rheinmetall GmbH, Dusseldorf, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
102517 ; 102501 ; 102521 ; 102491 ;
Abstract
A penetrator for a subcaliber impact or inertial projectile, especially a projectile adapted to pierce or break an armored target, which comprises a core of comparatively high density within a metallic housing or shell and in which the core is subdivided along a longitudinal axis into at least two core parts with the core parts being encased in respective sheaths which prevent transmission of cracks from one part to another, a spacing being formed between the parts by at least one sheath and having a thickness corresponding at least to the thickness of one sheath.