US 11,852,447 B2
Maneuvering aeromechanically stable sabot system
Ronald Martin Barrett, Lawrence, KS (US); and Lauren Nicole Schumacher, Rolla, MO (US)
Assigned to The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (US)
Appl. No. 17/606,704
Filed by University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 24, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/053899
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 26, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/217227, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 29, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/839,551, filed on Apr. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0252382 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. F42B 14/06 (2006.01); B64D 1/04 (2006.01); F42B 10/30 (2006.01); F42B 10/64 (2006.01); F42B 14/08 (2006.01)
CPC F42B 14/061 (2013.01) [B64D 1/04 (2013.01); F42B 10/30 (2013.01); F42B 10/64 (2013.01); F42B 14/08 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
8. An apparatus comprising:
a sabot assembly including a plurality of pieces and configured to support and accelerate a projectile in a gun barrel,
wherein, after separation of the sabot assembly from the projectile, a center of gravity of at least one piece of the plurality of pieces of the sabot assembly is positioned forward of an aerodynamic center of the at least one piece.