Patents by Inventor Roland Boual

Roland Boual 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).

  • Telescoped-type munition
    Patent number: 5467716
    Abstract: A munition includes a casing having a cylindrical envelope blocked at each end by a plug. A projectile and a propelling charge are placed in the casing. The munition also includes structure to ensure the axial hold of the projectile with respect to the envelope. The structure includes a cap integral with a front part of the projectile and made integral with the front plug by a fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1995
    Assignee: Giat Industries
    Inventor: Roland Boual
  • Armor-piercing fragmentation projectile
    Patent number: 5445079
    Abstract: An armor-piercing fragmentation ammunition projectile includes a body made of a dense material, a head also made of a dense material, and an arrangement for fragmenting the body on impact. It is characterized in that the arrangement includes a blind hole delimited by the body and occupied by a mass of compression material subjecting the body to a fragmentation pre-stress. Application to sub-caliber projectiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1995
    Assignee: Giat Industries
    Inventor: Roland Boual
  • Casing for a telescoped-type munition
    Patent number: 5433148
    Abstract: A casing includes a cylindrical envelope made of plastic material having a plug of plastic material at each end fitted with a metal reinforcement. The reinforcement is integral with the front plug and includes a ring that has a peripheral cylindrical part and an external edge that entirely covers a top end of the plug, which projects from the envelope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1995
    Assignee: Giat Industries
    Inventors: Bruno Barratault, Michel Baubois, Roland Boual
  • Armor-piercing fragmentation projectile
    Patent number: 5325787
    Abstract: An armor-piercing fragmentation ammunition projectile includes a body made of a dense material, a head also made of a dense material, and an arrangement for fragmenting the body on impact. It is characterized in that the arrangement includes a blind hole delimited by the body and occupied by a mass of compression material subjecting the body to a fragmentation pre-stress. Application to sub-caliber projectiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1994
    Assignee: Giat Industries
    Inventor: Roland Boual
  • Armor-piercing fragmentation subcaliber projectile
    Patent number: 5291833
    Abstract: A projectile for an armored target is characterized in that the body consists of a block of dense material with a frustoconical axial bore, its large end opening in the plane of face of the body. The transmission element consists of a rod extending from the rear face of the head and comprises a seating engaged in the bore to leave a clearance between the rear face of the head and the front face, and the body and the nose are locked in a position where the rod is engaged in the bore. Application to armor-piercing fragmentation shells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1994
    Assignee: Giat Industries
    Inventor: Roland Boual