Patent ID: 6067909
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: F42B

Abstract:
A sabot pressure wad for traveling downrange to a target with a payload, comprising:a sabot portion having a continuous circumferential wall defining a payload receiving compartment; anda pressure wad portion formed integrally with the sabot portion and including a gas seal and a shock absorber, with the shock absorber formed between the gas seal and the sabot portion, and with the gas seal and the sabot portion having substantially the same outer diameter,wherein the sabot portion further defines an annular V-shaped groove defined in the sabot portion adjacent the pressure wad portion, with the groove defined by two opposing planar walls, and with a leading wall of the two planar walls facing substantially away from a direction of flight for the sabot pressure wad and an air deflecting wall of the two planar walls facing substantially in the direction of flight for the sabot pressure wad, and wherein the air deflecting wall defines a deflection angle with a plane intersecting the groove, for deflecting air flows outward and away from the pressure wad portion when the sabot pressure wad is in flight.