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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:
May. 05, 1998
Filed:
May. 17, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
W Brian Stewart, Lancaster, PA (US);
Donald R Osment, East Petersburg, PA (US);
John W Duchek, Red Lion, PA (US);
Assignee:
Primex Technologies, Inc., Red Lion, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
102521 ; 102532 ;
Abstract
An armor piercing fin stabilized discarding sabot kinetic energy projectile includes a pre-molded plastic aft seal sleeve to protect the sabot from damage from the propellant and replaces both the RTV and the protective sheath of conventional designs. The seal is manufactured from thermoplastic polyurethane or thermoplastic polyester elastomer.