Patents by Inventor Reinhart Fuchs

Reinhart Fuchs 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).

  • Subcaliber projectile with pivotally separable drive cage
    Patent number: 4850279
    Abstract: A subcaliber projectile has a small-diameter projectile body extending along and centered on an axis, having a radially outwardly directed outer surface, and adapted to move in a predetermined axial back-to-front direction, and a sabot formed of a plurality of similar segments annularly surrounding at least a portion of the body, the segments forming an inner surface generally on the outer surface of the body and having an extreme front end and an extreme rear end. This projectile is formed on one of these surfaces at the extreme rear end of the sabot with a radially projecting ridge of generally semicircular shape having a center of curvature. The other of the surfaces is formed at the extreme rear end of each segment of the sabot with a radially open recess complementary to and receiving the ridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1989
    Assignee: Firma Rheinmetall GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhart Fuchs, Hans W. Luther, Peter Wallow, Juergen Boecker, Walter Simon, Rudolf Romer, Klaus Gersbach, Bernahrd Bisping, Karl W. Bethmann
  • Subcaliber projectile with pivotally separable drive cage
    Patent number: 4724770
    Abstract: A subcaliber projectile has a small-diameter projectile body extending along and centered on an axis, having a radially outwardly directed outer surface, and adapted to move in a predetermined axial back-to-front direction, and a sabot formed of a plurality of similar segments annularly surrounding at least a portion of the body, the segments forming an inner surface generally on the outer surface of the body and having an extreme front end and an extreme rear end. This projectile is formed on one of these surfaces at the extreme rear end of the sabot with a radially projecting ridge of generally semicircular shape having a center of curvature. The other of the surfaces is formed at the extreme rear end of each segment of the sabot with a radially open recess complementary to and receiving the ridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1988
    Assignee: Rheinmetall GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhart Fuchs, Hans W. Luther, Peter Wallow, Jurgen Boecker, Walter Simon, Rudolf Romer, Klaus Gersbach, Bernhard Bisping, Karl W. Bethmann