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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2015
Consolidated Nuclear Security, Llc, Reston, VA (US);
Fariborz Bzorgi, Knoxville, TN (US);
Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Abstract
A sabot assembly includes a projectile and a housing dimensioned and configured for receiving the projectile. An air pressure cavity having a cavity diameter is disposed between a front end and a rear end of the housing. Air intake nozzles are in fluid communication with the air pressure cavity and each has a nozzle diameter less than the cavity diameter. In operation, air flows through the plurality of air intake nozzles and into the air pressure cavity upon firing of the projectile from a gun barrel to pressurize the air pressure cavity for assisting in separation of the housing from the projectile upon the sabot assembly exiting the gun barrel.