Patent ID: 11867488
Assignee: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A sabot of a plurality of angularly distributed segments for shrouding a sub-caliber projectile to form a launch package in a gun bore for acceleration by an actuator behind said projectile, said projectile having a nose tip, each segment of said sabot comprising:
a forecastle that separates the nose tip of the projectile from the gun bore at a radially bow protrusion;
an aft bulkhead that abuts against the actuator; and
a waist that longitudinally connects said forecastle and said bulkhead by a radial spar that extends between inner and outer flanges to form an I-beam cross-section, with said inner flange mechanically engaging the projectile and said outer flange radially extending within said bow protrusion, and
wherein said outer flange is concave in relation to said spar.