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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:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Norman L. Vaughn, Knoxville, TN (US);
Richard A. Lowden, Clinton, TN (US);
Assignee:
UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B 1/234 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B 1/234 ;
Abstract
The non-lead hollow point bullet of the instant invention comprises a mixed construction slug further comprising, a monolithic metal insert having a tapered (preferred conical) hollow point tip and a tapered (preferred conical) tail protrusion, and an unsintered powdered metal composite core in tandem alignment with the insert. The core has a hollow tapered (preferred conical) cavity tip portion coupled with the tapered (preferred conical) tail protrusion on the insert. An open tip jacket envelops at least a portion of the insert and the core. The jacket is swaged at the open tip.