Patents by Inventor Bernard Conil

Bernard Conil has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Combustible container elements for artillery ammunition, method of manufacture and use of such elements
    Patent number: 5454323
    Abstract: The present invention relates to combustible container elements (24) for artillery ammunition.The said elements, obtained by felting, compacting and stoving, have a plane axisymmetric part (2,7), an outer wall (5,10) and an inner neck (4,9) which are integral. Two complementary elements thus make it possible to obtain combustible containers which are easy to charge with loose powder (25) and which present no problem in positioning the central channel since the latter consists of the inner necks (4,9). A complementary combustible ignition tube (26) made of agglomerated powder is advantageously positioned inside the central channel thus defined.The invention also relates to a method of obtaining these elements by using a specially adapted felting mould.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1995
    Assignee: Societe Nationale des Poudres et Explosifs
    Inventor: Bernard Conil
  • Semicombustible cartridge case
    Patent number: 5277118
    Abstract: Cartridge case member with a combustible tube, ammunition with a semicombustible cartridge case incorporating this member and process for filling this ammunition.The present invention relates to the field of combustible ammunition and relates more particularly to that of dart-shell semicombustible ammunition.The invention relates to a cartridge case member (3) with a combustible tube (6) comprising a bottom (7) which has a central opening (8) and a side opening (9). A hollow component (4) enters the said member (3) through the central opening (8) without obstructing the side opening (9). This hollow component (4) is a shell of revolution which comprises, over its entire height, a central cavity on the wall of which are arranged means (18) for fastening a separate component.The invention also relates to semicombustible ammunition (1) comprising a member (3) according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1994
    Assignee: Societe Nationale des Poudres et Explosifs
    Inventor: Bernard Conil
  • Semi combustible cartridge
    Patent number: 5247888
    Abstract: Cartridge case member with a combustible tube, ammunition with a semicombustible cartridge case incorporating this member and process for filling this ammunition.The present invention relates to the field of combustible ammunition and relates more particularly to that of dart-shell semicombustible ammunition.The invention relates to a cartridge case member (3) with a combustible tube (6) comprising a bottom (7) which has a central opening (8) and a side opening (9). A hollow component (4) enters the said member (3) through the central opening (8) without obstructing the side opening (9). This hollow component (4) is a shell of revolution which comprises, over its entire height, a central cavity on the wall of which are arranged means (18) for fastening a separate component.The invention also relates to semicombustible ammunition (1) comprising a member (3) according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1993
    Assignee: Societe Nationale des Poudres et Explosifs
    Inventor: Bernard Conil