US 11,940,253 B2
Projectile payload for training ammunition with multi-spectral output
Joseph Cosimo Longo, Feeding Hills, MA (US); and Linda Anne Jacob, Woodbridge, CT (US)
Assigned to Cyalume Technologies, Inc., West Springfield, MA (US)
Filed by Cyalume Technologies, Inc., West Springfield, MA (US)
Filed on Jun. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/806,168.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/208,785, filed on Jun. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0194226 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. F42B 12/40 (2006.01); C09K 11/07 (2006.01); F42B 12/42 (2006.01)
CPC F42B 12/40 (2013.01) [C09K 11/07 (2013.01); F42B 12/42 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A chemiluminescent projectile having multi-spectral output, comprising:
an insert having a first chemiluminescent light generating component separated from a second chemiluminescent light generating component via a breakable barrier, said first chemiluminescent light generating component comprising at least one oxalate ester and at least one fluorescer, said second chemiluminescent light generating component comprising at least one peroxide and at least one catalyst, said second chemiluminescent light generating component interacting with said first chemiluminescent light generating component to generate light;
an inert ballast material surrounding said insert;
at least one inorganic salt at a concentration sufficient to produce an exothermic reaction when said first and second chemiluminescent light generating components interact, said at least one inorganic salt forming part of said first chemiluminescent light generating component, intermixed with said inert ballast material, or forming part of said first chemiluminescent light generating component and intermixed with said inert ballast material; and
a chemical dispersant visualizing agent constructed and arranged to disperse heat or chemical light reactions upon impact with a target in a vertical direction or plane, a horizontal direction or plane, or in vertical and horizontal directions or planes.