Clayton R Miller

US Patent:

20150033971, Feb 5, 2015

Filed:

Sep 6, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/604887

Inventors:

Clayton W. Miller - Reading MA, US

Assignee:

TEXTRON SYSTEMS CORPORATION - Wilmington MA

International Classification:

F42B 12/10
F42B 12/22
F42B 12/20

US Classification:

102476

Abstract:

A cylindrical warhead is divided into a conical central segment and peripheral segments. The central segment has a disk-shaped liner bounding a cavity with high explosive and forming a penetrating projectile. The peripheral segments are hingedly attached to the central segment and have outer segment faces bounding respective cavities with high explosive, the segment faces forming sidewalls of the warhead in a closed position. The peripheral segments can be released to an open position in which the segment faces point in the forward direction for detonation. The warhead may be used in the closed position for single hardened targets such as armored vehicles and in the open position for area targets such as lighter vehicles and personnel. Opening of the warhead may be enabled at a time of launch of the warhead, or at a time of target acquisition after launch.

US Patent:

20140331883, Nov 13, 2014

Filed:

Oct 19, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/656241

Inventors:

Textron Systems Corporation - , US
Clayton W. Miller - Reading MA, US

Assignee:

Textron Systems Corporation - Wilmington MA

International Classification:

F42B 12/06
F42B 5/02
F42B 33/00
F42B 12/04

US Classification:

102439, 102514, 102506, 86 51

Abstract:

An armor penetrating round includes an elongated core portion (e.g., a hollow tool steel core) defining a front end, an aft end, and a central cavity which extends from the aft end toward the front end. The central cavity has (i) an aft cross-sectional diameter adjacent the aft end and (ii) a front cross-sectional diameter adjacent the front end, the aft cross-sectional diameter being larger than the front cross-sectional diameter. The armor penetrating round further includes a slug portion (e.g., a pre-compacted pellet of powdered metal) which is disposed within the central cavity adjacent the aft end, and an outer jacket (e.g., a copper jacket) which extends around the elongated core portion to operate as an interface between the armor penetrating round and a gun barrel when the armor penetrating round is fired through the gun barrel.