Patents by Inventor Ian Richard Pickles

Ian Richard Pickles 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).

  • Pressed head
    Patent number: 11125540
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of improved ammunition production, more specifically to an improved pressed metal head component suitable for a polymer tube cartridge The invention relates to a method of drawing and forming a metal head unit for use with a polymer case to form a polymer cartridge for use in a rifled barrel, comprising the steps of i) providing a metal cup drawing it through one or more dies to provide a case tube, wherein the case tube has a closed head end with a first outer diameter and an elongate open end, ii) trimming the elongate open end to form a metal coupling protrusion, said metal coupling protrusion with a second outer diameter, wherein the first diameter and second diameter are the same, iii) forming, a primer cavity into the closed head end, iv) forming internal and external features in the closed head end, v) forming by a heading process, an enlarged head rim on the closed head end, such that said enlarged head rim has a third diameter which is larger than the second diame
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventors: Ian John Pennell, Ian Richard Pickles, Michael Shufflebotham, Allan Ronald Bebbington
  • IMPROVED PRESSED HEAD
    Publication number: 20210041211
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of improved ammunition production, more specifically to an improved pressed metal head component suitable for a polymer tube cartridge The invention relates to a method of drawing and forming a metal head unit for use with a polymer case to form a polymer cartridge for use in a rifled barrel, comprising the steps of i) providing a metal cup drawing it through one or more dies to provide a case tube, wherein the case tube has a closed head end with a first outer diameter and an elongate open end, ii) trimming the elongate open end to form a metal coupling protrusion, said metal coupling protrusion with a second outer diameter, wherein the first diameter and second diameter are the same, iii) forming, a primer cavity into the closed head end, iv) forming internal and external features in the closed head end, v) forming by a heading process, an enlarged head rim on the closed head end, such that said enlarged head rim has a third diameter which is larger than the second diame
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventors: Ian John Pennell, Ian Richard Pickles, Michael Shufflebotham, Allan Ronald Bebbington