US 11,719,522 B2
Ammunition body holding device with expandable holding element
Roland Spork, Kassel (DE); Matthias Raczek, Kassel (DE); and Matthias Czok, Kassel (DE)
Assigned to Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co. KG, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/439,931
Filed by KRAUSS-MAFFEI WEGMANN GMBH & CO. KG, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Mar. 16, 2020, PCT No. PCT/DE2020/100199
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 16, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/187365, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 102019106849.5 (DE), filed on Mar. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0244028 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. F42B 39/22 (2006.01); F41A 9/09 (2006.01); F41A 9/37 (2006.01)
CPC F42B 39/22 (2013.01) [F41A 9/09 (2013.01); F41A 9/375 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ammunition body holding device, comprising:
a holder for holding an ammunition body, wherein the holder has a plurality of expandable holding elements for holding the ammunition body, wherein at least a first and a second holding element are arranged along a circumference of the holder and at least the second and a third holding element are arranged in an axial direction, wherein the holding elements are configured to be individually controlled for expansion.