FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The field of the invention is ordnance deployment systems.

BACKGROUND

The background description includes information that may be useful in understanding the present invention. It is not an admission that any of the information provided herein is prior art or relevant to the presently claimed invention, or that any publication specifically or implicitly referenced is prior art.

Until now, attempts have been made to incorporate sensors and other types of electronics packages into bullets, especially for small arms. However, up until now, those efforts were unsuccessful due to the high g-loads and harsh impacts of the environments. Firing a bullet exerts tremendous amounts of forces, heat, and other environmental factors on the bullet and the contents of the bullet therein. Upon impact, the effect can be even worse, depending on the density of the target. For delicate electronics components such as sensors, transmitters, processors and circuit boards, these forces can be destructive and often result in rendering the electronics components inoperable.

Moreover, an additional challenge in deploying electronics packages within bullets has been successfully retaining the electronics components embedded within the target, even in situations where part of the cartridge exists the target.

Thus, there is still a need for a solution that successfully deploys and maintains electronics components in ballistics and ordnance within a target while protecting the sensitive electronics package contained therein.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The inventive subject matter provides apparatus, systems and methods in which an electronic ordnance delivery system includes an electronics component encased within a potting material. A housing exoskeleton is dimensioned to receive the electronics component within the potting material, and a deceleration sleeve receives the housing exoskeleton.

The deceleration sleeve has several grooves along the sides that extend rearwardly that, upon entry into a target, are caused to shear away to deploy the electronics component within a target.

The electronics ordnance delivery system can also include an outer jacket that receives the deceleration sleeve. The outer jacket has serrated sides that also shear away upon entry into a target body.

In embodiments, the ordnance delivery system also includes a core at the front end of the deceleration sleeve. The core can be a lead core, and can have a rounded tip shape, a hollow-point tip shape, a flat-tip shape, or other shape.

Various objects, features, aspects and advantages of the inventive subject matter will become more apparent from the following detailed description of preferred embodiments, along with the accompanying drawing figures in which like numerals represent like components.

