US 12,276,486 B2
Method for producing a warhead component
Christer Thuman, Karlskoga (SE); Hamzah Hamdan, Karlskoga (SE); Fredrik Thuvander, Karlstad (SE); Oskar Malmqvist, Hallsberg (SE); Björn Johansson, Karlskoga (SE); and Alexander Bark, Örebro (SE)
Assigned to BAE SYSTEMS BOFORS AB, Karlskoga (SE)
Appl. No. 18/561,330
Filed by BAE SYSTEMS BOFORS AB, Karlskoga (SE)
PCT Filed Apr. 30, 2022, PCT No. PCT/SE2022/050418
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 16, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/245264, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2100078-1 (SE), filed on May 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0240925 A1, Jul. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. F42B 12/32 (2006.01); F42B 33/00 (2006.01)
CPC F42B 12/32 (2013.01) [F42B 33/00 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of manufacturing a component for a warhead including an inner shell, wherein the method includes the following steps:
arranging a first casing of a thermoplastic around the inner shell,
arranging pre-formed projectiles between the first thermoplastic casing and the inner shell, and
heat treating the first casing so that the first casing shrinks and fixes the pre-formed projectiles to the inner shell.