Patent ID: 8661984
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: F42B

Abstract:
1. An launch package adapted to be gun launched along a launch axis comprising: a sabot having an assembly of a discrete number of elongated sabot petals that form the sabot with a sabot axis parallel to or coinciding with the launch axis, an elongated sub-projectile extending longitudinally through said assembly of sabot petals, wherein said assembly of sabot petals includes a bulkhead and comprises a slipband disposed around said bulkhead, said slipband being rotatable about said sabot axis relative to said bulkhead, wherein said bulkhead includes a bulkhead overwrap separate from said assembly of sabot petals, said bulkhead overwrap being secured against rotation relative to said assembly of sabot petals and extending completely annularly around the said assembly of sabot petals, wherein said bulkhead overwrap comprises at least two separate circumferentially spaced sections positioned within an annular channel in said bulkhead and extends radially through said sabot to contact and restrain said sub-projectile against movement relative to the bulkhead overwrap, and wherein said bulkhead overwrap is configured to travel with the sabot during launch.