Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
102444000 | Practice projectile type | 14 |
20090084283 | Propellant Charge - A propellant charge, a priming cap including the propellant charge and a weapons training system including the priming cap are characterized in that the propellant charge contains a soft friction agent. The propellant charge can contain at least one impact-sensitive explosive substance as a heavy-metal-free priming compound, and the soft friction agent can be marble, calcite, dolomite, soft carbonates and/or mixtures thereof. | 04-02-2009 |
20100236442 | REDUCED ENERGY TRAINING CARTRIDGE FOR SELF-LOADING FIREARMS - A two piece, two-stage, rechargeable, reusable, reduced-energy mechanically operating cartridge is provided for launching a bullet of various compositions from a dedicated or modified firearm. The cartridge unit is comprised of a primary case, a piston sleeve, a propellant unit, and a bullet choice of a solid light weight material for inanimate-target applications or a “marking” version for non-lethal live-target training applications. Cartridge includes a piston sleeve and a primary case coupled together via a channel and cog locking/traveling/unlocking system. The primary case includes a substantially non-deformable jacket defining a cavity to receive a propellant unit or propellant connection and provides the channels to receive piston sleeves cogs for a locking/traveling/unlocking feature. The piston sleeve includes a substantially non-deformable jacket defining a cavity to receive configured bullet. The primary case also includes a substantially non-deformable jacket for being axially coupled with the piston sleeve, and for coupling with a propellant mechanism. Upon activation of the mechanically operating cartridge within the chamber of the firearm during stage | 09-23-2010 |
20110000392 | RELOADABLE TRAINING AMMUNITION - A reloadable munition having a reusable shell base having a hollow cavity on a bottom face to accept a propulsion system reload and a reusable projectile inserted into a top portion of the shell base, and a mechanical retainer for the propulsion system reload in the shell base to provide reloading and reusing of the munition by hand. | 01-06-2011 |
20110079164 | NON-DUD SIGNATURE TRAINING CARTRIDGE AND PROJECTILE - A training cartridge projectile for use in either a plastic cartridge case or a conventional metal cartridge case is disclosed that contains no explosive material. The projectile has an insert having a body portion and a front end, a container overmolded onto the body portion of the insert, a frangible ogive fastened to the front end of the tubular insert; and a payload module within the ogive in front of the container carrying a non-explosive signature material for providing a visual indication of projectile impact to an observer upon projectile impact with an object. The module includes a hollow frangible ampoule containing the signature material, and a generally disc shaped base member engaging the insert and closing the ampoule. The base member preferably has a set of axially extending vanes engaging the signature material during spin-up as the projectile is accelerated through the bore of the weapon firing the projectile. | 04-07-2011 |
20120017793 | REDUCED ENERGY TRAINING CARTRIDGE FOR SELF-LOADING FIREARMS - A two piece, two-stage, rechargeable, reusable, reduced-energy mechanically operating cartridge is provided for launching a bullet of various compositions from a dedicated or modified firearm. The cartridge unit is comprised of a primary case, a piston sleeve, a propellant unit, and a bullet choice of a solid light weight material for inanimate-target applications or a “marking” version for non-lethal live-target training applications. Cartridge includes a piston sleeve and a primary case coupled together via a channel and cog locking/traveling/unlocking system. The primary case includes a substantially non-deformable jacket defining a cavity to receive a propellant unit or propellant connection and provides the channels to receive piston sleeves cogs for a locking/traveling/unlocking feature. The piston sleeve includes a substantially non-deformable jacket defining a cavity to receive configured bullet. The primary case also includes a substantially non-deformable jacket for being axially coupled with the piston sleeve, and for coupling with a propellant mechanism. Upon activation of the mechanically operating cartridge within the chamber of the firearm during stage 2, the piston sleeve and primary case telescope apart from a compressed, static, stage 1 position forcing the firearm's slide or bolt to the rear, a mechanical operation opposed to a conventional cartridge with gas blow back operations. Spent cartridge is reused by manually separating piston sleeve from primary case as to remove spent propellant unit with removal tool, recharged with new propellant unit reloaded with choice of bullet composition and placed into magazine or similar for firearm loading. | 01-26-2012 |
20120085259 | CARTRIDGE FOR LIGHT-WEIGHTED PROJECTILES - A cartridge that can fire a light-weighted projectile, producing a pressure curve of the propellant gases similar to the pressure curve generated by the shot of a heavy weighted lead-core projectile. The cartridge propels the light-weighted projectile together with a capsule, which contains an inert load of high density metal powder. The capsule is divided in multiple parts, which disassemble when it leaves the firearm muzzle, spreading the metal powder in the air. The metal powder increases the mass which is accelerated by the propellant gases, keeping the pressure curve high enough to cycle a self-loading firearm mechanism. The metal powder consists of very thin particles which spreads and decelerates rapidly in the air, causing a controllable level of danger to personnel. | 04-12-2012 |
20120210903 | SINGLE PIECE NON-LETHAL PROJECTILE - A reloadable training munition having a reusable shell base having a propulsion system reload inserted into a hollow cavity of the shell base and a reusable single piece projectile inserted into the shell base, the projectile having a hollow body portion, a driving band adjacent the body portion, and a nose portion adjacent the driving band having void spaces for controlling both density and mass properties of the nose portion. | 08-23-2012 |
20140196625 | Low Energy Mechanical Operating Cartridge - A low energy mechanical operating cartridge has an inner regulator core ( | 07-17-2014 |
20150090146 | NON-LETHAL TELESCOPICALLY EXPANDING TRAINING CARTRIDGE FOR SELF LOADING GUNS - A cartridge for use in a gun comprises a case, a gas generator, a piston, a stopper, and at least one channel for the passage of gas in and/or around the stopper wherein the piston is axially slideabiy contained in the case, the gas generator is located within the case adjacent a first end of the case, and the stopper is slideabiy contained within the piston for closing the at least one channel. | 04-02-2015 |
102446000 | Cartridge adapter | 1 |
20140230681 | DRILL CARTRIDGES, ADAPTORS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-CALIBER DRILL CARTRIDGE TRAINING - A caliber specific drill cartridge and an adaptor assembly for transforming the caliber specific drill cartridge for use in a first firearm chamber into a caliber specific drill cartridge assembly for use in a second firearm chamber. The adaptor assembly may include a drill cartridge having a first central axis, a rear casing, and a front casing with a first maximum outer dimension perpendicular to the first central axis. The front casing may be connected to the rear casing such that the front and rear casings cooperate to form a housing, which may be configured and dimensioned for chambering in a first firearm chamber. The adaptor assembly further may include a cartridge specific adaptor with a second central axis. The drill cartridge and the cartridge specific adaptor may be combined such that the adaptor assembly is configured and dimensioned for chambering in a second firearm chamber. | 08-21-2014 |
102447000 | Reduced charge | 4 |
20100269724 | Reduced Energy Cartridge and Method of Making Same - A method of manufacturing a cartridge comprising providing a cartridge body with forward and rearward cavities interconnected by an aperture, providing a piston with a primer retaining cavity, inserting primer into the primer retaining cavity, securing the primer, placing a seal member around the piston, inserting the piston and seal member combination into the rearward cavity of the cartridge body, and crimping at least a portion of the cartridge body to the piston. | 10-28-2010 |
20110048268 | PRACTICE MUNITIONS - A simulation munition of a bean bag crowd control round is provided. The simulation munition includes a cartridge with first and second bores disposed therein; a muzzle loading primer insertable into the second bore at the second opening to the cartridge wherein any explosive force created by the primer will be directed toward the first opening; a shotgun wad insertable into the first bore through the first opening until the wad positions adjacent the second bore; and a reball insertable into the shotgun wad. When the munition is assembled, the shotgun wad is located adjacent the second bore, the reball is located in the shotgun wad and the muzzle loading primer is located in the second bore of the cartridge. The munition is configured to fire the reball from an explosive force caused by the muzzle loading primer that moves the reball with a less than lethal force. | 03-03-2011 |
20140216292 | REPLACEABLE BULLET CARTRIDGE - A replaceable bullet cartridge that includes a primer and a cylindrical BB pellet positioned approximately ¼ th of an inch away from the primer. The BB pellet is secured in position with a piece of paper wadding set within the replaceable bullet cartridge which is fired from the replaceable bullet cartridge with the BB pellet when the primer is struck. There is no gun powder or propellant used in combination with the primer when using the replaceable bullet cartridge. The BB pellet and the piece of paper wadding are fired from the second end of the casing without a selected one of gun powder and expander propellant when the loaded primer is struck by a hammer. The resulting speeds of the BB pellet are in the range of 700 to 800 feet per second. | 08-07-2014 |
20150068422 | REPLACEABLE BULLET CARTRIDGE - A replaceable bullet cartridge appropriate for use in the gun that includes a primer and a spherical BB positioned approximately ¼ th of an inch away from the primer. The BB is secured in position with a piece of paper wadding set within the replaceable bullet cartridge. The BB and paper wadding are emitted from a second of the replaceable bullet casing when the gun is fired and the primer is struck. There is no gun powder or propellant used in combination with the primer when using the replaceable bullet cartridge. The resulting speeds of the BB are in the range of 700 to 800 feet per second. | 03-12-2015 |