Bhuvanesh R Thoguluva

US Patent:

8316770, Nov 27, 2012

Filed:

Feb 6, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/366976

Inventors:

Patrick Fisher - Newton NJ, US
Meghan Abraham - Elizabethtown PA, US
Bhuvanesh Thoguluva - Lake Hopatcong NJ, US
Keith Martin - Hellertown PA, US
Robin Zeto - Parkville MD, US

Assignee:

The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army - Washington DC

International Classification:

F42B 12/64
F42B 12/58

US Classification:

102454, 102449, 102438, 102506, 102517, 102703

Abstract:

A munition round includes a cartridge case; a canister disposed at a forward end of the cartridge case, the canister including a piston movable in the canister; a plurality of high-density spheroids having a diameter in a range of about 0. 25 inches to about 0. 5 inches; a rear container disposed in the canister adjacent the piston, and fully loaded with the high-density spheroids; a front container disposed in the canister and partially loaded with the high-density spheroids, a remaining volume of the front container occupied by a spacer disc disposed atop the high-density spheroids; and a cap that closes a forward end of the canister.