US Patent Issued to Raytheon on July 14 for "Preformed composite fragmentation warhead" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,796, issued on July 14, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Preformed composite fragmentation warhead" was invented by John Rascon (Tucson, Ariz.), Jean Chauvel (Marana, Ariz.) and Itthipol B. Chanapan (Vail, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A preformed composite fragmentation warhead includes preformed composite fragments tightly packed around a casing that includes an explosive. The preformed composite fragments include an inner core encapsulated with an outer jacket. The inner core and outer jacket are formed from different metal materials with the density of the material for the outer jacket being lower than the d...